date:Jun 15, 2015
urchasing power, so the US increased shrimp imports. Viet Nam was the fastest growing supplier of breaded shrimp to this market.
In the first quarter of the year, over 135,000 MT of shrimp was imported into the US, reaching the value of $1.4 billion. Frozen breaded shrimp imports increased by 11 per cent to reach 11,737 MT in volume and $94.7 million in value.
Imports from Viet Nam reported a surge of 50 per cent to 1,491 MT. In terms of vaue, it is 42 per cent increase to $11.9 million. Meanw