Shrimp exports to reach 3.4 billion USD in 2023: VASEP
Vietnam’s shrimp exports in the first 11 months of 2023 are estimated at 3.15 billion USD, a decrease of 22% year on year, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has reported.
Shrimp exports are forecast to reach 3.4 billion USD in 2023 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s shrimp exports in the first 11 months of 2023 are estimated at 3.15 billion USD, a decrease of 22%year on year, the Viet♏nam Association of Seafood Exporters and ℱProducers(VASEP) has reported.
The turnover of country’s export of the product topped 310 million USD in November, an increaseof 3.5% year on year.
VASEAP has forecasted that shrimp ex𓄧ports in 2023 will be 3.4 billion USD, 21% lower than 2022’s figure.
Shrimpexports are still influenced by price competition in the context of excessive supply and low selling prices in the world. Exports to most of majormarkets were lower than the same period last year, except for some smallmarkets.
TheUS remained Vietnam’s largest importer, followed by Japan, the UE, and theRepublic of Korea (RoK).
According to VASEP, shrimp pr♑ices will see upward trends in the remaining timeof the year in the EU, Southeast Asia and the Far 🤡East as major festivals are coming.
TheCentre for Digital Transformation and Agricultural Statistics under theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that in the first 11 monthsof 2023, the aquaculture output is estimated to reach over 4.9 million tonnes, up4.2% over the same period in 2022. Thecentre revealed that raw shrimp prices in the Mekong Delta provinces increased in November 2023, especially for large-sized shrimp, butthe supply was not much due to a decrease in prices./.
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Shrimp exports are forecast to reach 3.4 billion USD in 2023 (Photo: VNA) 
