China is 'crazy' about Ca Mau crabs and Vietnamese lobsters
Báo Thanh niên•27/09/2024
Ca Mau crab exports to China increased 16 times, snail, clam and lobster products also skyrocketed... bringing the total seafood export turnover to this market to exceed 1 billion USD in the past 8 months.
Notably, fresh products grew the most, including crabs increasing 16 times, especially Ca Mau crabs, snails increased 603%, clams increased 215% and lobsters increased 139%...
Crab exports to the Chinese market increased sharply
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According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), China imported 68,400 tons of live crabs alone, worth $1.14 billion, in the first eight months. Lobster imports also increased by 15% in volume and 14% in value, reaching 37,000 tons, worth over $1 billion. Ms. Le Hang, Communications Director of VASEP, commented: China's advanced supply chain and cold chain are increasingly equipped to help the retail industry sell more live seafood products. Restaurants in high-end hotels, specialty seafood restaurants and Cantonese restaurants are the most popular places where consumers enjoy imported live seafood. "Importing live seafood requires advanced cold chain capabilities, especially at ports of entry. In most cases, importers or wholesalers must set up a storage facility to keep the product alive and running for 6-8 months," Ms. Hang said. The growth of fresh products helped Vietnam's seafood exports to the Chinese market in the first 8 months of 2024 reach over 1 billion USD, up 17% over the same period last year. The two products with the largest turnover were pangasius with revenue of 350 million USD, down 1.2%, followed by white-leg shrimp with revenue of over 180 million USD, equivalent to the same period. Products such as: tiger shrimp, anchovies, fish cakes, surimi were all lower than the same period.
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