India tops seafood suppliers to Vietnamese market

India stood as the biggest supplier of all types of seafood products to Vietnam, making up 21.9% of the country’s total seafood imports in the first eight months of the year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The preliminary statistics show that Vietnam imported US$1.14 billion worth of seafood products in the past eight months, up 24.2% despite a decrease of 9.9% in August.

Norway ranked second among the countries providing seafood to the Vietnamese market with a dramatic increase of 66.7%. Imports from South East Asian nations also expanded to US$93.19 million against last year’s corresponding period.

Considerable growth was seen in most import markets such as Malaysia, Canada, the Republic of Korea and the US, while imports from markets like Myanmar, Denmark and Poland suffered remarkable declines.