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Agro-forestry-fishery trade surplus approximates 5.2 billion USD in four months

Six commodities recorded more than 1 billion USD in value, led by wood and wood products at 5.2 billion USD (up 5.8%), coffee at 3.78 billion USD (up 51.1%), and shrimp at 1.24 billion USD (up 28.4%).

Workers process fish for export. (Photo: VNA)
Workers process fish for export. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The agricultural, forestry and fisheries sector posted 5.18 billion USD trade surplus in the first four months of 2025, a year‑on‑year drop of 4.1%, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE) announced on May 5.

Exports reached 21.15 billion USD while imports stood at 15.97 billion USD during the period, reported Tran Gia Long, Deputy Director of the ministry’s Planning and Finance Department.

In April alone, export revenue rose 5.4% to 5.47 billion USD. By category, agricultural products brought home 3.1 billion USD (up 11.6%), forestry products 1.36 billion USD (down 6.6%), fisheries 774 million USD (down 0.2%), and livestock 50.2 million USD (up 20%).

Over four months, all major export groups grew to total 21.15 billion USD, increasing 10.7%. That consisted of 11.6 billion USD in agricultural products (up 11.7%), 5.56 billion USD in forestry products (up 11.2%), 3.09 billion USD in aquatic products (up 13.7%), and 178 million USD in livestock products (up 16.8%).

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Agro-forestry-fishery exports totalled 21.15 billion USD during the first four months of 2025, increasing 10.7% from a year earlier. (Photo: VNA)

Six commodities recorded more than 1 billion USD in value, led by wood and wood products at 5.2 billion USD (up 5.8%), coffee at 3.78 billion USD (up 51.1%), and shrimp at 1.24 billion USD (up 28.4%). By contrast, rice exports fell 14.3% to 1.75 billion USD while fruit and vegetable shipments declined 14.2% to 1.62 billion USD.

By region, exports to the Americas reached 4.83 billion USD (up 12.6%), Europe 3.48 billion USD (up 37.7%), and Africa 648 million USD (up 78.4%). Shipments to Asia fell 1.3% to 8.82 billion USD, and to Oceania down 2.6% to 263 million USD. The US, China and Japan remain the top three markets of agro-forestry-fishery products from Vietnam.

The MoAE said it is working with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and other agencies to refine policies and roll out measures to boost trade, including drafting e‑commerce regulations and detailing rules of origin under the Foreign Trade Management Law.

It is also organising trade missions to the UK and Germany, guiding production planning, expediting shipments, and addressing food‑safety incidents, shipment warnings and technical barriers in import markets./.

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