Japan Becomes Biggest Importer of Vietnamese Seafood in Jan-Sept
Japan became the biggest importer of Vietnamese Seafood in the first nine months of 2009 with a revenue of $538.83 million, down 11.87% from a year earlier, the Vietnam General Customs Department said.
The U.S. ranked second with a revenue of $518.7 million in Jan-Sept, down 2.6% against the same period of 2008.
Vietnam exported 873,500 tons of seafood worth $3.03 billion to 155 markets in Jan-Sept 2009, down 6.1% in volume and 9.1% in value on year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said on its website.
Of the total, frozen shrimp export brought in $1.15 billion, followed by tra and basa catfish export and mollusca export with $985.2 million and $204.7 million, respectively. (Vinanet)
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