Tuna: Vietnam becomes chief U.S. supplier of top-quality, fresh yellowfin tuna, thanks to air freight.(Finfish Focus)(Industry Overview)

Seafood Business | November 1, 2003 | Copyright

First it was shrimp, then catfish, and now its tuna. Once again, Vietnam is showing how quickly it can become an important supplier of high-quality seafood to the U.S. market.

Since trade relations with Vietnam were normalized a few years ago, the country's seafood exports to the United States have soared. Take tuna, for example. Over the past five years, Vietnam's exports of tuna to this country have jumped from virtually nothing to almost $50 million in 2003.

Vietnam's sudden surge in tuna exports has made the Southeast Asian nation the leading source of ...

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