Agro-forestry-fishery exports hit 22.2 billion USD in first seven mont
Agro-forestry-fishery exports hit 22.2 billion USD in first seven months
The export turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products in July was estimated at 2.85 billion USD, bringing the total value in the first seven months of 2018 to 22.2 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 7.8 percent.
Exports turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products in July was estimated at 2.85 billion USD (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The export turnover ofagro-forestry-fishery products in July was estimated at 2.85 billion USD,bringing the total value in the first seven months of 2018 to 22.2 billion USD,a year-on-year rise of 7.8 percent.
According to the Processing and MarketDevelopment Authority (AgroTrade) under the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Vietnam exported 11.6 billion USD worth of farm produce fromJanuary to July, up 3.6 percent against the same period last year.
Markets seeing strong export growth includedIndonesia in rice, coffee, and rubber; Russia in coffee and cashew nuts;Germany in tea, cashew nuts, pepper, and rubber; Malaysia in rice, tea, wood,vegetables and fruit; the Philippines in rice and coffee; Saudi Arabia in tea;Iraq and Hong Kong in rice; the US in tea, cashew nuts, and pepper; India in rubberand pepper; and Thailand in vegetables and fruit, and aquatic products.
Rice remained one of the biggest hard currencyearners. Vietnam earned 1.96 billion USD from selling 3.87 million tonnes ofrice abroad, up 29.2 percent in value and 12.2 percent in volume. Chinacontinued to be the largest rice importer of Vietnam with 26.8 percent of themarket share.
In the seven-month period, Vietnam earned 2.3billion USD from exporting fruits and vegetables, mainly to China, up 12.6percent.
The country exported 1.16 million tonnes ofcoffee worth 2.22 billion USD, up 10.8 percent in volume but down 5.7 percentin value. Germany and the US remained the two biggest consumers of Vietnamese coffee.
Vietnam sold 153,000 tonnes of pepper worth 517million USD to overseas markets during the January-July period, up 3.7 percentin volume but down 36.1 percent in value.
As many as 696,000 tonnes of rubber wereexported in the period, bringing home 997 million USD, up 9.9 percent in volumeand down 10.7 percent in value. –VNA
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Exports turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products in July was estimated at 2.85 billion USD (Photo: VNA) 
