{"id":6564,"date":"2020-10-27T17:21:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2020-10-27T17:21:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:21:40","slug":"vietnams-tuna-exports-to-italy-soar-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=6564","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam&#8217;s tuna exports to Italy soar in September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>HANOI, Oct 27 \u2013 Vietnam\u2019s tuna exports to Italy soared by 8,599 per cent last month over the same period last year, Vietnam news agency (VNA) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This staggering increase transformed Italy into Vietnam&#8217;s largest tuna market in the European Union in the first nine months of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figures were announced by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-1024x641.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnam's\" class=\"wp-image-6565\" width=\"449\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-160x100.jpg 160w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-350x219.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-800x501.jpg 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Canned tuna was still the only export product group to post growth over the same period, up 22 percent. Meanwhile, Vietnam&#8217;s exports of fresh and frozen tuna decreased by 30 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam&#8217;s tuna exports to the EU market had high growth last month, a year-on-year increase of 51 percent, after two months the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EU&#8217;s abolition of tax on fresh and frozen tuna products right after the agreement came into effect has made these Vietnamese products more attractive for EU countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, Vietnamese processed and canned tuna products are also attractive to this market. It showed the door to the EU market was opening wider for Vietnamese tuna businesses, said VASEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The country&#8217;s tuna exports to the US showed signs of recovery in the last two months after a period of decline due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tuna export value of Vietnam to the US reached more than US$25 million last month, up 2 per cent over the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market for canned tuna in the US, after a long period of gloom, has shown good growth due to its familiarity with most consumers and the disruption of beef, pork and poultry supplies due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the US&#8217;s tuna imports are increasing compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the US and EU markets, Vietnam&#8217;s tuna exports to Japan and Canada also grew last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After three consecutive months of decline, tuna exports to Japan have increased again. Meanwhile, Canada is a bright spot market for Vietnam this year, with continuous three-digit growth in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/world\/news.php?id=1894196\">BERNAMA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HANOI, Oct 27 \u2013 Vietnam\u2019s tuna exports to Italy soared by 8,599 per cent last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg",1110,695,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-300x188.jpg",300,188,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-768x481.jpg",640,401,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec-1024x641.jpg",640,401,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg",1110,695,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg",1110,695,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg",1110,695,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg",1024,641,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/a77520000bf43ad03cd1a8fb45c2d3f15f97dfcdc29ec.jpg",720,451,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=59\" rel=\"category\">World<\/a>","tag_info":"World","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6566,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions\/6566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}