Ben Tre's coconut based products on display at a fair in HCM City (Photo: bentre.gov.vn)Ben Tre (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre’s exportrevenue from January to November surged 16.37 percent against the same periodlast year to 754 million USD, according to Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Cao Van Trong.
Of the total, 280.9 million USD was contributed by the domestic economic sectorand 473.25 million USD by the foreign invested sector.
Growth in revenue was seen in key exports like seafood (14.36 percent), coconutmilk (36.17 percent), activated carbon (25.4 percent), and garment and leathershoes (50.05 percent), said Pham Thi Han, Vice Director of the provincialDepartment of Industry and Trade.
Asian countries were the largest importers, spending 48.52 million USDpurchasing Ben Tre’s products and accounting for 63.92 percent of market share.
Thanks to provincial authorities’ move to address difficulties for enterprisesas well as help them improve production capacity and develop export markets,local businesses have enjoyed robust exports, Han noted.
The province plans to enhance trade promotion activities to popularise productsand stabilise traditional markets while seeking more markets.-VNA
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