The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) estimated no more than a 2 percent jump in export values for this year compared to last due to lower exports of major seafood items, including shrimp and pangasius.
Despite a surge in Vietnamese pangasius exports -- as of May, Vietnamese pangasius exports to the EU jumped 31.5 percent in value to $105.2 million (€93.8 million) compared to the same period in 2018 -- total seafood exports for the first half of the year are estimated to have declined 1 percent to $3.95
