Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Key farm produce contributed 5.8 billionUSD to the export value, up 12 percent from the same period last year. Some1.86 million tonnes of rice worth 834 million USD were shipped abroad, down 7.7percent in volume and 6.9 percent in value compared to the same period lastyear.
The country raked in 1.34 billion USD from exporting 592,000 tonnes of coffee, representinga decrease of 10.6 percent in volume but a rise of 19.2 percent in valueyear-on-year.
Exports of wood and wooden products brought home 2.4 billion USD in thefour-month period, rising 12.7 percent over the figure of 2016. The US, Chinaand Japan remained Vietnam’s largest import markets.
During the period, Vietnam also shipped 2.1 billion USD worth of aquaticproducts abroad, gaining a growth rate of 8.2 percent year-on-year.
Meanwhile, vegetable and fruit exports witnessed a year-on-year hike of 32.6percent in export value to 1 billion USD. The four biggest import marketsincluded China, the US, Japan and the Republic of Korea.
The country splashed out 8.52 billion USD to import agro-forestry-aquaticproducts from foreign countries, up 21.4 percent from last year’s figure.-VNA
VNA
