Soc Trang’s export value exceeds 1 billion USD

The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, despite COVID-19, recorded 1.05 billion USD worth of exports during January – October, the highest number to date.
Soc Trang’s export value exceeds 1 billion USD ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: socongthuong.soctrang.gov.vn)
Soc Trang (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of SocTrang, despite COVID-19, recorded 1.05 billion USD worth of exports duringJanuary – October, the highest number to date.

The export value represented an annual increase of 14percent and surpassed the target for 2021 by 5 percent.

Key earners included aquatic products, rice, andapparel, which reeled in 835 million USD, 183 million USD, and 12 million USD, respectively.

Also in the ten months, the province’s industrial productionvalue was estimated at 23.23 trillion VND, meeting 81.51 percent of the yearlyplan and up 5.98 percent over the same period in 2020.

The export and production growth was attributable to theprovincial Department of Industry and Trade’s efforts to promote production in line with pandemic prevention and control.

Communications campaigns urging firms to boost farm producedistribution in Ho Chi Minh City via the e-commerce platform Sendo.vn and aseries of trade promotion activities also contributed to the outcomes./.
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