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Vietnamese Pangasius's Price-Hike Request Came Because the Raw Fish Exceeded the Export Price
Raw fish at 36,000 dong against an export-equivalent of 33,000 dong. From this inverted-margin structure and the buyer order of China at 27% and Japan at 2.4%, we have organized how Japan should structure its white-fish sourcing. -
Squid migration falls below last year across the whole Sea of Japan: will Vietnamese squid and octopus come in instead?
Domestic squid is not being landed. The long-term fishing forecast for Japanese common squid in the Sea of Japan, released by the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency on July 31, 2026, put the August-to-December migration volume as "below the previous year across the whole Sea of Japan." All four sea areas—northern and central Hokkaido, southern Hokkaido and Tsugaru, the northern Honshu Sea of Japan, and the western Sea of Japan—are below the previous year... -
Brazil's Processing Industry Proposes an Annual Import Quota of 16,200 Tonnes on Vietnamese Tilapia
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) reported on September 24, 2026, that Brazil's seafood-processing body Abipesca had put a proposal to its own government to set an annual cap of roughly 16,200 tonnes on imported tilapia fillets. The original source is Brazil's CNN Brasil, and the quota is designed not to distinguish by country of origin... -
A Vietnamese shrimp farmer's crop takes four months; their mind never leaves the pond, a seafood outlet wrote
On September 22, 2026, the Vietnamese seafood-specialist outlet Tepbac ran a column dealing solely with the psychology of shrimp farmers. The headline was "Throughout a crop, your mind never leaves the pond." It was placed not in the news pages but in an opinion column called "Goc nhin (Perspective)," signed by Phong. Neither the unit price nor the export value appears... -
Tilapia to Japan up 77% in eight months; what goes to sashimi is a 1.7 kg brackish-water fish
In figures released by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on September 25, 2026, tilapia (ca ro phi) exports reached US$90 million for the January–August cumulative total, up 43% year on year. In the same figures, exports to Japan were US$2 million cumulatively, up 77%, and US$400,000 in August alone (original text "400 nghin USD"), up 19... -
Ecuadorian shrimp at 2.4 dollars at pond harvest: Vietnamese managers fight with processing and large size
The third installment of the series "Unpacking the Miracle of Ecuadorian Shrimp," published on September 24, 2026, by Nong nghiep va Moi truong, the house organ of Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, was the one that named, from the mouth of a company executive, which segment Vietnam's shrimp industry should compete in. The speaker is Thanh Vuong Co., Ltd. (Cong ty TN... -
Vietnam has the world's most ASC feed-certified plants at 15: what should Japanese buyers ask?
On September 21, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) released the content of a new-standard training session it held jointly with the ASC (Aquaculture Stewardship Council) in Can Tho on September 15. The targets were farms, companies, and aquaculture-feed plants. What matters to Japanese buyers is that the scope of the audit does not stop inside the fence of the farming pond but, the feed... -
Kyokuyo expands sales of Vietnamese pangasius in Japan: why did exports to Japan grow 20%?
The major Japanese seafood company Kyokuyo presented about 500 seafood and processed-food items to about 760 client companies at its own trade show held in Osaka on September 11. At the event, organized by its four branches in Osaka, Nagoya, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka, one of the items proposed was fillets of Vietnamese frozen pangasius (ca tra)... -
VietFish 2026 moves to business meetings with farm visits, opening a sourcing opportunity for Japan
VietFish 2026, with 568 booths, introduced a buyer-invitation system for the first time. We read what it means for Japanese buyers who want to source Vietnamese seafood amid the headwind of US tariffs. -
Vietnamese shrimp to Australia up 43.9% in July as South Korea stalls, reshuffling the top five markets
In shrimp-export data released by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on August 24, July's month-on-month growth diverged widely by market. While China, the cumulative leader, held 33.5% of the total, Australia grew the most in July at 43.9% year on year, while South Korea by contrast sank 14.6%. The ranking by value itself...
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