Vietnam reports producing 317,000 tons of shrimp through mid August, up substantially from last year
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SCOM] Sept. 19, 2014
VASEP has reported that total farm shrimp production through Mid August was 317,305 tons, of which 152,035 tons was black tiger shrmp and 165,269 tons was white shrimp.
They also noted that Vietnam has replaced China as the primary shrimp supplier to South Korea. South Korea is now the fifth biggest export market for Vietnam, after the US, Japan, the EU, and China. It accounts for 8% of total exports.
China's shrimp exports to that country were down 40% on poor production, opening the door to Vietnam, where exports have doubled...
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