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The fisheries sector has been struggling to export to China after the country tightened import conditions due to fear of the Covid-19 contagion. In the first seven months, exports to mainland China and Hong Kong declined by 5 percent year-on-year to $238 million, according to a report released Thursday by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Between June 20 and July 15, Zhanjiang, one of the largest hubs in China for goods transfer, stopped accepting frozen seafood arriving from 11 countries including India, Vietnam and Thailand, three major exporters, due to Covid worries. In the second quarter,...
