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EXPORTS IN 2003 - Main Products
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- Total fisheries production in 2003 reached 2,536,361 MT, of which the marine catch was 1,426,223 MT and aquaculture and inland catches totaled 1,110,138 MT
- It is estimated that only half of the area suitable for aquaculture in Vietnam is being used at present, and approximately 800,000 ha can be developed for use by this sector
- Vietnam has 332 seafood processing plants, of which 70 percent are located in the southern region; 24 percent in the central region and 6 percent in the north
- 100 plants have qualified for exporting to the European Union, more than 200 are applying HACCP * Ho Chi Minh City has about 50 seafood companies
- Many state-owned enterprises are converted into joint stock companies, or in other ways changed their ownership structure
- Exports of sea products in 2003 were US$ 2.240 billion, a 10,74 percent increase over 2002
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- In 2003, Vietnam exported products to 75 countries and territories
- By far the largest importers of Viet Nam's sea products were USA, Japan, China (included Hong Kong), Korea, Tai-,van and the EU.
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- In 2003, Viet Nam exported to the USA 123,472 MT of sea-products, worth US$ 782.238 million, an increase of 25.1 percent in volume and 19.3 percent in value over 2002; to Japan 98,310 MT, valued at USS 528.902 million, growing by 2.1 percent in volume and 8.4 percent in value compared with 2002
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- On average, people in Vietnam get 50 percent of their dietary protein from different kinds of aquatic products
- Domestic seafood consumption has steadily increased from 880 thousand MT in 1990 to 1.434 million MT in 2002
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- Per capita consumption of fishery products in Vietnam in 2001 was 13kg; fish consumption per capita varies considerably throughout the country from claims of 60 kg/capita in Long An to 30 kg/capita in the Mekong Delta
- IIn the Mekong Delta, 83 percent of the low-income families catch fish in rice fields, canals and rivers
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