Strong Exporter Demand Sends Fish, Shrimp Prices Rising in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Vietnam Posts] - September 21, 2017
The growing demand for unprocessed fish and shrimp in the Mekong Delta, helped by a surge in exports, has sent their prices soaring.
Nguyen Huu Nguyen, head of the Fisheries Cooperative of Chau Phu District in An Giang Province, said unprocessed tra (pangasius) fish of small size is priced at VND26,000-27,000 a kilo, up by VND3,000 over the previous month. Meanwhile, he added, the price of fish of bigger size is VND24,500-25,000 a kilo, up VND2,000-2,500.
The demand for tra fish has stabilized in some foreign markets, thus fueling the consumption of unprocessed fish, he noted.
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