U.S is Vietnam's second biggest shrimp buyer
Ha Noi, Jan. 9 (VNA) -- The U.S. has become Viet Nam's second biggest shrimp buyer after Japan, the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors has announced.
The source added the U.S. import accounts for 33.1 percent of Viet Nam's total export of shrimp.
However, according to the American customs office, Viet Nam stood behind Thailand and India on the list of shrimp exporters to the U.S.
Shrimp made up around one third of the country's earnings from export of aquatic products of USD 1.8 billion in 2001.--VNA.
