The country exported an estimated 100,000 tonnes of coffee in January,earning a turnover of more than 200 million USD, according to theAgriculture and Rural Development Ministry.
Theexports, however, represented a year-on-year decrease of 28.9 percent involume and 23.6 percent in value, the ministry noted.
Vietnam is currently the world's leading exporter of robusta coffee.Last year, the nation earned 3.62 billion USD from shipping 1.73 milliontonnes of coffee abroad, up 33.4 percent in volume and 32.2 percent invalue.
Germany and the United States remained the twolargest importers of Vietnamese coffee in 2014, accounting for 14.13percent and 10.17 percent respectively of the country's total coffeeexport turnover.-VNA
Theexports, however, represented a year-on-year decrease of 28.9 percent involume and 23.6 percent in value, the ministry noted.
Vietnam is currently the world's leading exporter of robusta coffee.Last year, the nation earned 3.62 billion USD from shipping 1.73 milliontonnes of coffee abroad, up 33.4 percent in volume and 32.2 percent invalue.
Germany and the United States remained the twolargest importers of Vietnamese coffee in 2014, accounting for 14.13percent and 10.17 percent respectively of the country's total coffeeexport turnover.-VNA
