Hanoi (VNA) – The volume of coffee exports decreased nearly 23 percentsince the beginning of 2017, dragging down overall revenue from overseasshipments of the products.
Statisticsshowed that Vietnam exported 1.17 million tonnes of coffee for 2.69 billion USDin the first 10 months of this year, with the US and Germany being the topmarkets.
Coffeeprices have soared by 28.5 percent, but the local sector has yet to seize theopportunity.
TheMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development recommended coffee-plantedlocalities to invest in high-capacity processing and stocking models and not todeliberately expand plantations.-VNA