What is the price of tuna per kilogram/pound in Vietnam today?
The retail price range for Vietnam tuna is between US$ 3.60 and US$ 8.33 per kilogram or between US$ 1.63 and US$ 3.78 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of tuna in Vietnam
The retail price range in Dong for tuna is between VND 90,123.20 and VND 208,165.00 per kilogram or between VND 40,872.20 and VND 94,405.90 per pound(lb) in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Wholesale prices
In 2025, the approximate wholesale price range for Vietnam tuna is between US$ 2.52 and US$ 5.83 per kilogram or between US$ 1.14 and US$ 2.64 per pound(lb).
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Vietnam Tuna Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price of Tuna from Vietnam over the last five years has been quite varied. In 2013, the price per kilogram was 6.58 US dollars. This increased to 10.23 US dollars in 2014, before dropping to 6.66 US dollars in 2015. The price then decreased further to 6.35 US dollars in 2016, before rising to 6.59 US dollars in 2017. The price then increased to 8.24 US dollars in 2018, before dropping back to 6.59 US dollars in 2019. The most recent year, 2020, saw the price increase to 8.05 US dollars. Based on this data, it is predicted that the export price of Tuna from Vietnam in 2023 will be 7.90 US dollars and in 2024 will be 8.20 US dollars.Vietnam Tuna Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Tuna into Vietnam over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 6.59 US dollars per kg, and in 2018 it increased to 8.24 US dollars per kg. However, in 2019 the price dropped back to 6.59 US dollars per kg, and in 2020 it increased again to 8.05 US dollars per kg. Based on this data, it is likely that the import price per kilogram of Tuna into Vietnam will remain relatively stable in the coming years, with an estimated price of 8.05 US dollars per kg in 2023 and 8.24 US dollars per kg in 2024.Export values for Vietnam tuna
The total values in export for tuna in Vietnam were US$ 237,342, US$ 274,274, US$ 305,463 and US$ 365,281 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
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Vietnam tuna - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
In 2019 Vietnam shipped 55,463 tonnes of tuna. Across 2019 alone, the market for Vietnam tuna (fish category) has escalated, flactuating by 49.536 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, tuna's exports went up by 33.31% earning the exporter US$365.28m for the year 2019. Vietnam's tuna exports are classified as:
- Frozen yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030342)
- Frozen albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030341)
- Frozen fillets of tuna "of the genus Thunnus", skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito "Euthynnus [Katsuwonus] pelamis" (HS code 030487)
- Fresh or chilled tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030239)
- Fresh or chilled Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030236)
- Frozen Southern bluefin tunas "Thunnus maccoyii" (HS code 030346)
- Frozen Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030345)
- Frozen tunas of the genus "Thunnus" (excluding Thunnus alalunga, Thunnus albacares, Thunnus obesus, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis and Thunnus maccoyii) (HS code 030349)
- Fresh or chilled bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030234)
- Frozen bigeye tunas "Thunnus obesus" (HS code 030344)
- Fresh or chilled albacore or longfinned tunas "Thunnus alalunga" (HS code 030231)
- Fresh or chilled Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus orientalis) (HS code 030235)
- Fresh or chilled yellowfin tunas "Thunnus albacares" (HS code 030232)
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Vietnam tuna export values
In 2019, Vietnam sold tuna worth 365.28m USD, an increase of 19.58% from 2018's total tuna export of 305.463m USD. The yearly growth in value of Vietnam tuna between 2017 to 2018 was 11.371%.
The yearly change in the amount of Vietnam's tuna exports between 2017 and 2019 was 33.31 pc when compared to a variation of 49.536% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.
Vietnam's portion of the world's total tuna's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. Vietnam holds number 63 in world exports of tuna.
Export markets for Vietnam tuna ( in '000$ )
Vietnam brought in 83,593 tonnes of tuna in 2019.