Vietnam ranks among Top 4 seafood suppliers to Singapore

Vietnam has emerged as the fourth-largest seafood supplier to the Singaporean market, marking the first time Vietnamese seafood has entered the top four export partners to Singapore, following Malaysia, Indonesia, and Norway, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

Among Vietnam's seafood exports to Singapore, chilled/frozen fish fillets and fish meat remain highest-value  category. In the first three months of 2025, this segment generated SGD14 million ($10.86 million), reflecting a 2.5% increase from the same period in 2024, and accounting for 27.8% of Vietnam's total seafood export value to Singapore.This category also represents the leading Vietnamese seafood product in the Singaporean market.

Beyond chilled/frozen fish fillets and fish meat, Vietnam has two other key seafood export groups with significant value in Singapore: processed/unprocessed crustaceans and processed/unprocessed mollusks, reaching SGD5.6 million and SGD4.9 million respectively, accounting for 8.3% and 16.5% of Vietnam's market share in Singapore. With modest export values to Singapore and remaining potential, these two product groups  also recorded  positive growth in the first three months of 2025.

According to the trade office, seafood consumption demand in Singapore is relatively even for four groups: fresh/chilled fish excluding fillets and fish meat; frozen fish excluding fillets and fish meat; chilled/frozen fish fillets and fish meat; and processed/unprocessed crustaceans, with values from each group exceeding SGD50 million in the first three months of 2025.

In addition to the above four main groups, statistics also show that the Singaporean market has import demand for live fish, processed fish, processed/unprocessed mollusks, and processed/unprocessed aquatic invertebrates excluding crustaceans/mollusks.