Tra fish exports likely to recover this year This year is believed to be a brighter year for the domestic tra fish industry with exports inching up in the first quarter, according to an official from the Việt Nam Pangasius Association.

Tra fish prices hit 10-year low Prices of tra fish have dropped to the lowest level in 10 years due to export difficulties, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agricultural Market Development and Processing Department.

Local tra fish exports to the UK up almost 70% in value Việt Nam in the first quarter of this year gained a year on year increase of 69.5 per cent in tra fish export value to US$11.9 million to the UK, according to the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VN could face tra fish oversupply

The tra fish export sector was probably the most improved industry this year, but rampant production could lead to excess supplies and price drops, according to Việt Dragon Securities Company (VDSC).

Việt Nam’s tra exports exceed $2b for first time

Việt Nam’s tra fish export value has exceeded US$2 billion for the first time, with the figure hitting $2.05 billion in the first 11 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 27.4 per cent, according to the General Department of Customs.

Tra fish exports to exceed $2b

Tra fish export value is expected to exceed US$2 billion this year, higher than the industry’s target, due to the US-China trade war, according to experts.

VASEP urges strict quality control for tra fish exports to China

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has urged domestic enterprises to maintain strict quality control of aquatic products exported to China amid the recently accelerated growth of tra fish exports to this market.

US door still open for Vietnamese catfish exports

Việt Nam’s tra-basa (catfish) fish exporters will likely find it more challenging to export to the US market after the US Department of Commerce (DOC) imposed high anti-dumping duties on frozen catfish fillets imported from Việt Nam. Vietnam News Agency and Trương Đình Hòe, general secretary of the Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), discussed some solutions to the new challenges.

Tra fish prices on the rise

Prices of tra fish for processing have increased in response to high demand from the Cửu Long Delta provinces.

Tap Asia, tra fish exporters told

Vietnamese tra fish exporters should see Asia as an answer to difficulties they are facing in markets like the US and the EU, experts and officials say.