Export revenue of the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang reached 470 million USD in the first six months of 2020, up 26 percent over the same period in 2019, despite impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and severe salinity.
Soc Trang (VNA) – Export revenue of the Mekong Deltaprovince of Soc Trang reached 470 million USD in the first six months of 2020,up 26 percent over the same period in 2019, despite impact of the COVID-19pandemic and severe salinity.
Of the total, 332 million USD came from aquatic products, arise of 24.83 percent, and 97 million USD from rice, 2.2 times higher than thatin the same time in 2019.
A number of local fisheries firms predicted that shrimpexports will rise strongly in the coming months, even by 50 percent year onyear in July.
Experts attributed the results to Vietnam’s strongperformance in controlling the pandemic and local firms’ efforts in enhancingthe quality and designs for their products.
In 2020, Soc Trang aims to earn 900 million USD from exports,including 670 million USD of fisheries sales.
To this end, the province has directed the industry andtrade sector and businesses to expand markets, while focusing on traditionalones and diversifying their products to meet market demands.
Lam Hoang Nghiep, Vice Chairman of the Soc Trang People’sCommittee, said in the first six months of this year, economic growth of theprovince was only 0.51 percent, the lowest for the period since 1992. However,upturn was still seen in production, processing and agro-fisheries export,showing optimistic signs in economic growth for the rest of the year./.
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