Japan Takes Lead in Seafood Import from Vietnam in First Quarter

2:22:31 PM | 5/7/2009

Japan took lead among 34 main importers of Vietnamese seafood in the first quarter of 2009, with total revenue of US$137.73 million, or 18.41 per cent of the country’s total seafood export revenue, figures provided by the Vietnam General Customs Department showed.
 
The department said Vietnam exported US$748.17 million worth of seafood in Jan-Mar period, down 6.19 per cent on year.
 
The EU bloc ranked second as it spent US$120 million importing 50,000 tons of seafood products from Vietnam. EU was the biggest consumer of Vietnamese tuna with value of US$10.75 million.
 
Following was the U.S. with revenue of US$111.45 million, accounting for 18.41 per cent.
 
Vietnam’s seafood export markets in Q1 
 
Number
Unit
March
Jan-Mar
1
Egypt
USD
5,368,518
10,499,300
2
UK
USD
4,968,194
12,090,002
3
Arab Saudi
3,264,110
4,543,591
4
Poland
2,421,357
6,364,774
5
Belgium
6,644,750
17,930,252
6
Portugal
3,895,892
7,493,109
7
UAE
2,376,332
6,529,393
8
Cambodia
934,960
3,211,189
9
Canada
6,781,558
16,321,523
10
Taiwan
5,147,160
12,427,796
11
Denmark
949,349
3,198,237
12
Germany
16,109,953
44,796,686
13
Holland
6,248,405
18,215,507
14
South Korea
21,211,013
53,927,932
15
US
42,936,906
111,451,226
16
Hong Kong
6,834,350
18,203,622
17
Greece
895,278
2,685,452
18
Indonesia
 
332,909
1,147,785
19
Iraq
258,136
433,934
20
Italy
10,080,757
23,554,701
21
Malaysia
2,355,337
7,312,444
22
Mexico
4,347,786
12,478,553
23
Japan
57,907,335
137,738,454
24
Australia
7,642,221
24,376,970
25
France
4,709,711
13,028,388
26
Philippines
944,805
2,694,311
27
Czech
795,323
1,832,286
28
Singapore
4,297,899
12,593,233
29
Spain
15,690,968
37,426,899
30
Thailand
5,998,883
15,615,700
31
Sweden
986,177
2,774,988
32
Switzerland
2,871,431
7,426,190
33
China
6,617,236
20,019,641
34
Ukraine
4,264,623
16,466,740
Total
748,174,895
FDI enterprises
21.238.338
61,643,035
(Vinanet.vn)