Todd Fryhover, head of the Washington Apple Commission, speaks at the event. ()
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam was the fifth largest buyer ofUS apples last year with an import value of 51 million USD, up 48 percentyear-on-year.
The figures were unveiled by Benjamin Petlock, Agricultural Attaché at the US Consulate General in Vietnam,at a recent programme promoting the fruit held by the Washington AppleCommission in Ho Chi Minh City.
In the first ten months of this year, imports reached40 million USD, compared to 30 million USD recorded in the same period lastyear.
Petlock said American farmers expect higher appleconsumption in the Southeast Asian country.
Trade between Vietnam and the US has grownstrongly for many years and continues to set new records.
It was recorded at only 220 million USD in1994 when the US officially lifted economic sanctions against Vietnam, andreached 1.4 billion USD in 2001 – the year before their bilateral tradeagreement took effect. The figure hit 58.8 billion USD in 2018 and 35.4 billionUSD in the first half of 2019.-VNA
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Todd Fryhover, head of the Washington Apple Commission, speaks at the event. () 
