Vietnam surpassed China to become the top exporter of frozen fish fillets to Brazil over the past eight months, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam surpassed China to become the top exporter of frozen fish fillets to Brazil.

By September 15, Vietnamese tra fish exports to the market reached 86.2 million USD, up 19 percent compared to the same period last year and accounted 7.3 percent of the country’s total export of the product.

With the import volume, Brazil remains the second biggest customer of Vietnam’s tra fish, behind the US.

In 2013, Brazil was listed in Vietnam’s top ten seafood importers, recording a value of 123 million USD, nearly 122 million USD of which came from tra fish.

The Brazilian market is increasingly important to Vietnamese exporters of seafood products, especially frozen tra fish fillets since exports to major markets like the EU, the US, and Japan are seeing declines in demand and are facing tariff and technical barriers.