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Aquatic exports rise by 10 percent in five months

Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of 9.7 percent in aquatic exports to 3.12 billion USD in the first five months of 2018, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Aquatic exports rise by 10 percent in five months ảnh 1Processing tra fish for export (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of9.7 percent in aquatic exports to 3.12 billion USD in the first five months of2018, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Fishery exports in May alone were estimated at671 million USD.

The US, Japan, China and the Republic of Koreawere the four biggest importers of Vietnamese aquatic products between Januaryand April, making up 52.7 percent of total fishery exports in the period.

Meanwhile, markets with strong growth in aquaticimports from Vietnam were the Netherlands (60.2 percent), China (28.8 percent),the UK (27.4 percent) and Germany (27 percent).

Also in May, the country imported about 165million USD worth of fishery products, raising the five-month aquatic importvalue to 698 million USD, up 33.5 percent from a year earlier.

The MARD added in the first five months, whiletotal export value of agro-forestry-fishery products reached 15.6 billion USD,about 12.29 billion USD was spent on importing these products, respectively up9.9 percent and 10.6 percent from the same period last year.-VNA
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