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Who buys Vietnam’s shrimp and prawns? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Vietnam exported $3 billion of shrimp and prawns (371 thousand tonnes), 11.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were the United States (24%), Japan (16%) and South Korea (11%). Vietnam was the world’s 3rd-largest exporter of shrimp and prawns.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
371thousand tonnes
Share of world total
11.8%
World rank
3rd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States722Tonnes: 69,322USD per tonne: $10,41123.8%Sea
Japan475Tonnes: 47,757USD per tonne: $9,93915.7%Sea
South Korea344Tonnes: 58,243USD per tonne: $5,90711.3%Sea
Australia244Tonnes: 24,861USD per tonne: $9,8088%Sea
United Kingdom207Tonnes: 19,693USD per tonne: $10,5306.8%Sea
Canada153Tonnes: 15,116USD per tonne: $10,1135%Sea
Germany110Tonnes: 12,616USD per tonne: $8,7103.6%Sea
China88.5Tonnes: 19,752USD per tonne: $4,4782.9%Land
Hong Kong re-exports75.5Tonnes: 9,851USD per tonne: $7,6652.5%Sea
Netherlands re-exports68.1Tonnes: 9,096USD per tonne: $7,4902.3%Sea
Taiwan67.8Tonnes: 7,323USD per tonne: $9,2612.2%Sea
France65.8Tonnes: 8,085USD per tonne: $8,1412.2%Sea
Switzerland54.2Tonnes: 4,034USD per tonne: $13,4461.8%Sea
Belgium re-exports40.7Tonnes: 5,306USD per tonne: $7,6771.3%Sea
Denmark32.8Tonnes: 3,800USD per tonne: $8,6371.1%Sea
Poland32.5Tonnes: 3,581USD per tonne: $9,0871.1%Sea
Norway24.2Tonnes: 2,292USD per tonne: $10,5350.8%Sea
Singapore re-exports22.2Tonnes: 2,847USD per tonne: $7,7880.73%Sea
Austria19.7Tonnes: 1,898USD per tonne: $10,3560.65%Sea
Israel16.9Tonnes: 2,061USD per tonne: $8,2100.56%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The United States has been its main destination since 2018

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • United States 0.72
  • Japan 0.47
  • South Korea 0.34
  • Australia 0.24
  • United Kingdom 0.21

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States0.020.72
Japan0.20.47
South Korea< 0.010.34
Australia0.010.24
United Kingdom< 0.010.21

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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