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Fruit, vegetable exports bounce back in Q1

Following a year of negative growth, the export of fruit and vegetables reeled in about 944 million USD in the first quarter of 2021, up 6.1 percent from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.
Fruit, vegetable exports bounce back in Q1 ảnh 1Processing and packaging dragon fruits for export (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Following a year of negative growth,the export of fruit and vegetables reeled in about 944 million USD in the firstquarter of 2021, up 6.1 percent from the same period last year, according tothe Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

China remained the biggest exporter, spending 352.83 millionUSD buying vegetables and fruit from Vietnam during January-February. Thefigure made up 62.5 percent of Vietnam’s total export value of the products andrepresented an annual increase of 17.5 percent.

In March alone, Vietnam shipped fruit and vegetablesoverseas for approximately 380 million USD, increasing 6.3 percentyear-on-year.

The country expects to gain 8-10 billion USD from exportingfruit and vegetables, with revenue of processed products accounting for atleast 30 percent of the total by 2030./.
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