The seafood industry's export performance in the first seven months of 2025 has been impressive, reaching 6.22 billion USD, a substantial 17.2% increase compared to the same period last year. However, this success hides a frantic race against time for many exporters, who rushed to expedite orders to the US before the implementation of new retaliatory tariffs on August 1, 2025, as announced by the US in early July 2025.