Illustrative image (Source: laodong.vn)According to the Ministryof Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), with export revenues of 28.6billion USD, up 26.7 percent year on year, and import turnover of 24.7 billion USD, theagriculture sector enjoyed a trade surplus of 3.9 billion USD in the first seven months of2021.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that export revenues of major agricultural products hit 12.2billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 15.1 percent, while earnings from forestryproducts rose 54 percent to about 10.2 billion USD, seafood up 12 percent to4.9 billion USD and livestock increased 16 percent to 245 million USD.
Particularly, stronggrowth was seen in exports of product groups with revenues of over 2 billionUSD, including rubber, wooden furniture and aquatic products, he said.
In order to complete the target of about 44 billion USD inexports of farm produce in 2021 in the context of COVID-19, MARD hascoordinated closely with ministries, sectors and localities to roll outcomprehensive measures to adjust production plans and crop structure to ensurethe highest productivity.
At the same time, the sector will strengthen processing ofthe products and expand export markets, while working to remove trade and technicalbarriers for Vietnamese farm produce in foreign markets.
The ministry will foster connectivity among businesses,localities and Vietnamese representative offices abroad to increase exports of agriculturalproducts, especially lychee and longan to the EU, UK, China and Japan, whilemaking risk assessments of cassava residue for exporting to China./.
VNA
