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Kien Giang reports rise in export turnover in nine months

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang enjoyed an export revenue of more than 648 million USD in the first nine months of this year, a rise of 6.39% year on year.
Kien Giang reports rise in export turnover in nine months ảnh 1Harvesting rice in Kien Giang (Photo: VNA)
Kien Giang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang enjoyed anexport revenue of more than 648 million USD in the first nine months of thisyear, a rise of 6.39% year on year.

An upturn was seen in most products ofKien Giang in the January-September period, including rice at 59.48% to over222 million USD, and leather and footwear 13.51% to 145 million USD. Meanwhile, thelocality earned 171 million USD from exporting aquatic products, a drop of 17.86%.

In the period, Kien Giang also showed a strong increase inindustrial production value at 36.29 trillion VND (1.48 billion USD), ayear-on-year increase of 10.63%, mostly from the manufacturing-processing industry(34.62 trillion VND), mining industry (304 billion USD) and electricity and gasproduction and distribution (770 billion VND).

Vice Director of the provincial Department of Industry andTrade Lam Huynh Nhan said that the province aims for 12.71 trillion VND inindustrial production in the fourth quarter and 49 trillion VND for the wholeyear, a 10.01% rise year on year. It is also striving for an export turnover ofmore than 211 million USD in the last quarter to reach the yearly figure of 860 million USD, up7.23%.

To this end, along with keeping a close eye on the productionand business situation of local firms, the province will set up a specialworking group to remove difficulties and support local businesses andinvestors, said Nhan.

The locality will assist local enterprises to join tradepromotion activities inside and outside the country, and sell their products onthe provincial e-commerce platform at Kigi.com.vn.

According to the official, Kien Giang will also release informationand regulations regarding international economic integration as well ascontent on free trade agreements (FTAs) that Vietnam has signed. This will help them tap opportunities from the FTAs, including the EU-Vietnam Free TradeAgreement (EVFTA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-PacificPartnership (CPTPP) and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), to reach more export markets./.
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