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Export Seafood From Vietnam: Freight, Procedure And Export Duties In Vietnam 2025
Do you want to import Seafood from Vietnam? Do you need to calculate freight from Vietnam to your place? Do you want to know more about Vietnam’s procedure and export duties on exporting Seafood from Vietnam?
In this article, Logistics HP Global Vietnam, whose many years of freight and logistics services exports Seafood from Vietnam.
HS code and export duty of Seafood in Vietnam 2025
In importing/exporting any commodity, In order to properly determine duties, policies, and procedures of the commodity, one of the first things needed to determine is the HS code of the commodity
HS code and Customs duty of Seafood in Vietnam
Seafood under Chapter 03 in the import and export tariff schedule, you can access “IMPORT AND EXPORT TAX SCHEDULE“ to check the HS code and specific export tax of aquatic products.
The classification of a product to a certain HS code is based on the nature, composition, …. of the actual exported commodity at the export time, based on catalog, technical documents (if any), or /and decided by the Customs Department of Commodity Verification. The actual inspection results of the Customs and announcement by the Customs Department of Commodity Verification are the legal basis for applying the HS code to exported goods. Exporters are ultimately responsible for ensuring that the products are correctly classified.
Our above-advised HS codes are for reference only.
>> For more information about this content, please refer to the article Definition of HS code in Vietnam
→ For more information, read the article List of prohibited exports from Vietnam
Please note that cargo exported to EU, UK, or members of CPTTP, cargos can enjoy special preferential export duty under such FTAs
→ To check whether your country and Vietnam have MFN (Most favored nation) and FTA (Free Trade Agreement), you can check the article: Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World
→ See List of taxable export commodities in Vietnam Here
Governmental management and export procedure of Seafood in Vietnam
What license does Seafood commodity need to export?
1. Quarantine certificate
According to Circular No. 26/2016/TT-BNNPTNT regulating quarantine of aquatic animals and animal products. Clause 2, Article 1 of the Circular stipulates that this Circular applies to agencies, organizations and individuals involved in the export of aquatic animals and animal products.
⇒ Therefore, when exporting seafood, the exporter needs to register for quarantine for each shipment.
Quarantine of aquatic products for export is divided into 2 types:
– Quarantine of animals and aquatic animal products exported that are not used as food.
– Quarantine of animals and aquatic animal products exported for use as food
2. Seafood export license issued by the Directorate of Fisheries, with confirmation from the enterprise (applicable to aquatic species subject to conditional export as prescribed in Appendix IX and Appendix Decree No. 26/2019/ND-CP dated March 8, 2019 of the Government detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Fisheries Law)
*Note: Discuss specifically with the importer abroad to see what documents they require from the exporter to carry out customs clearance at the import terminal.
>> See more: LIST OF AQUATIC SPECIES FOR CONDITIONAL EXPORT
→ Contact us for inbound and outbound shipment to / from Vietnam – Email: info@hpgloballtd.com
Customs procedure of Export Seafood from Vietnam
Customs dossiers for export of Seafood normally include:
- Business registration (if exporting for the first time, no need for the next time)
- Commercial Invoice
- Letter of introduction
- With full container: Minutes of container handover
- Certificate of origin (CO). For example: C/O form D, B, E, v.v…depends on which country imports
- For some branches: Add input documents for commercial goods
- With some branches: add the Agreement to develop the Customs – Enterprise Partnership
- Seafood export license (if on the list requiring a license)
- Quarantine certificate
→ For more information about Vietnam’s customs system, please refer to the article Overview of Vietnam Customs System
Certificate of Vietnam origin of Seafood:
Currently, Vietnam has signed FTA with more than 50 countries in the world, there is the possibility that you can enjoy special preferential import duty when you import Seafood commodities from Vietnam
→ To check whether your country and Vietnam have MFN (Most favored nation) and FTA (Free Trade Agreement), you can check at the article: Overview Of Trade Relations Between Vietnam And The World
→ To see List of FTA Vietnam joined, you can find at the article: List of FTA Vietnam Joined
→ Need service for applying C/O in Vietnam, contact for advice and quotation: +84 984 870 199 or +84 886 115 726
Freight Shipping from Vietnam
HP Global Vietnam – Freight Fowarder provide sea, air freight and customs brokerage, import – export license service for cargo transportation from Vietnam to the world and vice versa
Currently, centers of international airports and sea ports of Vietnam are:
From the North of Vietnam:
Export by sea: from Hai Phong area (VNHPH, Lach Huyen VNCLH)
Export by air: from Ha Noi (VNHAN)
From middle of Vietnam:
Export by sea and air: from Da Nang (VNDAD, VNDTS)
From South of Vietnam:
Export by sea from Ho Chi Minh area (VNHCM HO CHI MINH; VNVUT VUNG TAU; VNCLI CAT LAI; VNCMT CAI MEP))
Export by air from Ho Chi Minh (VNSGN)
Most of all biggest airlines and shipping lines are having business in Vietnam, therefore, normally, it is convenient to find a shipping space.
→ For more information about this content, please refer to the article Overview of Vietnam Seaports and Overvew of International Airports in Vietnam
Export Turnover of Seafood from Vietnam
Export value of Seafood from Vietnam annually:
Updated Export value of Seafood from Vietnam per territories/countries:
Which countries does Vietnam export Seafood to?
| Market | Unit | December – 2024 | 2024 | ||
| Volume | Value (USD) | Volume | Value (USD) | ||
| Egypt | USD | 4.998.144 | 46.865.132 | ||
| India | USD | 2.090.038 | 17.309.408 | ||
| Algeria | USD | 1.368.338 | 6.458.473 | ||
| Angola | USD | 96.912 | 965.229 | ||
| United Kingdom | USD | 22.878.869 | 311.416.025 | ||
| Saudi Arabia | USD | 7.168.314 | 77.012.101 | ||
| Poland | USD | 1.672.804 | 38.038.836 | ||
| Belarus | USD | 78.100 | 2.513.214 | ||
| Belgium | USD | 11.007.252 | 140.887.309 | ||
| Portugal | USD | 3.002.106 | 42.277.675 | ||
| Brazil | USD | 12.005.887 | 129.134.396 | ||
| Brunei Darussalam | USD | 224.540 | 1.767.128 | ||
| United Arab Emirates | USD | 3.951.540 | 44.096.902 | ||
| Cambodia | USD | 3.330.519 | 36.462.717 | ||
| Canada | USD | 24.599.155 | 278.314.665 | ||
| Chile | USD | 3.168.126 | 25.167.041 | ||
| Kuwait | USD | 505.936 | 4.530.459 | ||
| Colombia | USD | 4.225.525 | 58.420.642 | ||
| Taiwan | USD | 18.399.199 | 168.043.191 | ||
| Denmark | USD | 4.256.346 | 50.878.475 | ||
| Germany | USD | 19.340.963 | 202.346.075 | ||
| Netherlands | USD | 16.366.287 | 198.120.274 | ||
| Korea (Republic) | USD | 74.953.178 | 806.663.307 | ||
| United States of America | USD | 150.482.494 | 1.832.900.465 | ||
| HongKong | USD | 16.007.052 | 154.641.803 | ||
| Greece | USD | 633.590 | 8.332.994 | ||
| Indonesia | USD | 1.370.277 | 17.255.562 | ||
| Iraq | USD | 2.900.116 | 30.939.556 | ||
| Italy | USD | 8.020.041 | 92.899.493 | ||
| Israel | USD | 6.154.311 | 102.262.049 | ||
| Lithuania | USD | 3.693.567 | 44.217.247 | ||
| Malaysia | USD | 9.725.351 | 112.536.381 | ||
| Mexico | USD | 10.503.061 | 105.476.350 | ||
| Norway | USD | 668.787 | 9.469.013 | ||
| New Zealand | USD | 1.710.612 | 21.443.072 | ||
| Russian Federation | USD | 22.491.546 | 231.401.784 | ||
| Japan | USD | 120.862.813 | 1.532.249.518 | ||
| Australia | USD | 33.420.474 | 343.138.835 | ||
| Pakistan | USD | 2.002.743 | 9.986.844 | ||
| Panama | USD | 572.520 | 5.068.974 | ||
| Peru | USD | 904.835 | 8.359.550 | ||
| France | USD | 3.690.082 | 52.715.910 | ||
| Philippines | USD | 9.834.818 | 108.208.592 | ||
| Romania | USD | 2.596.285 | 32.738.022 | ||
| Czech Republic | USD | 58.310 | 1.840.456 | ||
| Singapore | USD | 10.841.750 | 94.832.093 | ||
| Cyprus | USD | 762.957 | 6.756.125 | ||
| Sri Lanka | USD | 71.000 | 947.237 | ||
| Spain | USD | 5.812.423 | 74.038.814 | ||
| Thailand | USD | 23.676.204 | 258.591.641 | ||
| Turkey | USD | 304.670 | 3.131.810 | ||
| Sweden | USD | 1.511.733 | 22.081.635 | ||
| Switzerland | USD | 2.397.170 | 29.383.565 | ||
| China | USD | 155.557.326 | 1.729.512.619 | ||
| Ukraine | USD | 438.470 | 7.187.479 | ||
| Senegal | USD | 47.615 | 1.014.896 | ||
Source: Synthesized data from statistics of the General Department of Customs Vietnam
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