Tra fish enjoys impressive export growth
Tra fish (pangasius) exports recorded impressive growth during the initial 10 months of the year, with turnover exceeding the US$2.2 billion mark.
Tra fish (pangasius) exports recorded impressive growth during the initial 10 months of the year, with turnover exceeding the US$2.2 billion mark.
PSNews - Vietnam raked in US$451 million from pangasius exports to the Chinese market, doubling that of last year’s figure and duly accounting for 28% of the nation’s total export value.
With strong recovery momentum, Vietnam's tra fish (pangasius) exports are anticipated to hit US$2.6 billion this year, according to details given by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
PSNews - The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has recently recognised an additional six Vietnamese pangasius processors which meet the food safety requirements to export products to the US market.
The Vietnamese Embassy in collaboration with the Vietnamese Trade Office in Australia is launching a programme to popularize Vietnam’s Tra (pangasius) fish in various Australian cities.
Vietnam shipped US$749 million worth of seafood abroad in August, bringing seafood exports in the first eight months of 2017 to US$5.13 billion, up 18.1 percent from the same period last year.