A rice field in the Mekong Delta (Photo: VNA)An Giang (VNA) - Despite the blow struck by the COVID-19 pandemic, exports from theMekong Delta province of An Giang grew 0.08 percent year-on-year to 358.43 millionUSD in the first five months of this year, according to the provincialDepartment of Industry and Trade.
Exportsare expected to total 450.46 million USD in the first half of the year, up 4.04percent from a year earlier.
Though thepandemic has put significant pressure on the province’s key foreign currencyearners such as rice, fisheries, fruit and vegetables, and garments, theseproducts posted growth during the period.
An Giang exported197,890 tonnes of rice worth 102.8 million USD from January to May, equivalentto 43.95 percent of this year’s plan. It is estimated that rice exports in thefirst half will reach 264,430 tonnes, worth 138.85 million USD, up 4.93 percentand 8.05 percent, respectively.
Itshipped 49,400 tonnes of fisheries products worth 119.09 million USD during theperiod, year-on-year increases of 0.03 percent and 0.47 percent, respectively. Exportvolumes are expected to hit 60,680 tonnes in the first six months, while valuewill likely reach 146.28 million USD, up 1.14 percent and 1.58 percent,respectively.
Exportsof frozen fruit and vegetables amounted to 3,590 tonnes for revenue of 6.08million USD in the first five months, down 0.75 percent and up 0.16 percentyear-on-year, respectively.
Shipmentsof garments rose 2.98 percent year-on-year to 52.57 million USD. The first-halffigure is forecast to rise 2.97 percent to 63.84 million USD.
As thecoronavirus outbreak remains a complex issue in many of Vietnam’s major markets,including the US and the EU, An Giang has put substantial effort into seekingnew markets for its products, said Nguyen Minh Hung, Director of the department.
Theprovince has also provided exporters with regular updates on key foreignmarkets and helped them boost sales in these markets, he added./.
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