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Agro-forestry-fishery exports hit 27 billion USD in nine months

Export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached 3.04 billion USD in September, bringing the nine-month figure to nearly 27 billion USD, up 14.1 percent year-on-year.
Agro-forestry-fishery exports hit 27 billion USD in nine months ảnh 1Export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products reached 3.04 billion USD in September, bringing the nine-month figure to nearly 27 billion USD (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Export turnover ofagro-forestry-aquatic products reached 3.04 billion USD in September, bringingthe nine-month figure to nearly 27 billion USD, up 14.1 percent year-on-year.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development, export earnings from farm produce in the January-Septemberperiod were estimated at 14.38 billion USD, up 17.7 percent year-on-year.

Meanwhile, aquatic and forestry products raked in5.91 billion USD and 5.78 billion USD, representing respective year-on-year increasesof 18.1 percent and 10.6 percent. 

Vietnam exported 466,000 tonnes of rice worth 210million USD in September, raising the nine-month volume and value to 4.57million tonnes and 2.02 billion USD, up 20.8 percent and 18.6 percent,respectively. China remained the biggest importer of rice from Vietnam,accounting for 38.8 percent. 

The country earned 201 million USD from shippingabroad 86,000 tonnes of coffee in September. The nine-month volume and valuewere 1.11 million tonnes and 2.54 billion USD, down 20.7 percent in volume but up1 percent in value.

Rubber exports hit 174,000 tonnes worth 279million USD in September, raising the nine-month figures to 979,000 tonnes and1.66 billion USD, up 13.3 percent and 52.7 percent year on year, respectively.

The shipment of cashew nuts surged to 32,000tonnes, worth 320 million USD in September. The total volume shipped abroad inthe first nine months reached 257,000 tonnes worth 2.55 billion USD, falling0.2 percent in volume, yet gaining 25 percent in value from the same period of2016.

Tea exports were estimated at 103,000 tonnes witha value of 165 million USD in the reviewed period, up 12.6 percent and 11.9percent, respectively.

Vietnam shipped 2.64 billion USD worth ofvegetables and fruits in the first nine months of 2017, up 44.2 percent year onyear. China, Japan, the US and the Republic of Korea were the four leadingimporters of Vietnamese vegetables and fruits, accounting for a combined totalof 85 percent of the export value.

Pepper exports were estimated at 181,000 tonnesin nine months, bringing home 966 million USD. The figures represented a 23percent rise in volume but a 19 percent drop in value.

The ministry also reported that Vietnam spent 21.15billion USD on importing agro-forestry-aquatic products, up 19 percent from thesame period last year.-VNA 

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