Japan remains the largest market for Vietnamese shrimp, making up 26.9 per cent of the country’s total shrimp export revenue, followed by the US which imported 150 million USD worth of shrimp, a four percent year-on-year increase.

Asia proved to be a promising market for Vietnamese shrimp, while the Australian market saw an impressive rise of 70 per cent in shrimp imports, passing Canada and has become Viet Nam’s 6th largest shrimp market.

Meanwhile, several experts pointed out that there are still no positive signals coming from the EU market due to impacts of public debt and the recession in Europe , compounded by tariff barriers. A significant drop could be seen in all three of Viet Nam’s main EU markets, namely Germany, the UK and France .

Nguyen Thi Thu Sac, Vice President of the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), said that few of its members can meet the high standards demanded by the EU on imported shrimp.

After falling in price for quite a while, the cost of prawns for processing has now recovered to reach from between 140.000 VND to 195.000 VND per kilo, an increase of 3.000 VND to 5.000 VND per kilo over last week.

Source: TheFishSite News Desk