In April only, the imports of seafood reached $ 126.27 million, down by 5.8 per cent over the previous month but up by 24.3 per cent over the same month of 2017.

India was the country’s biggest seafood import market in the period, accounted for 21.9 per cent of the total with $ 116.88 million, up by 8 per cent year – on – year. Meanwhile, the imports of seafood from Norway reached $ 58.23 million, up by 88.6 per cent; from the South East Asian countries - $ 39.68 million, up by 47.2 per cent; from China - $ 33.62 million, down by 12 per cent; from Japan - $ 31.29 million, up by 34 per cent.

In the first four months of this year, Vietnam’s imports of seafood from Myanmar decreased by 53.7 per cent to $ 0.8 million; from Denmark – down by 32.5 per cent to $ 6.41 million; and from China – down by 12 per cent to $ 33.62 million.

However, the imports from the Philippines increased sharply by 139.5 per cent year – on – year to $ 2.92 million; from Malaysia – up by 127.8 per cent to $ 2.19 million; from Chile, Norway, Indonesia, Poland and Canada increased by 91.4 per cent; 88.6 per cent; 74.6 per cent; 65.7 per cent and 60 per cent, respectively.