Kien Giang (VNA) – The southern province of Kien Giang managed to post a 23.6 percentincrease in export revenues in the first four months of this year amid seriousimpacts of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The province earnedmore than 205 million USD in the period from the export of over 111,750 tonnesof rice, over 11,600 tonnes of frozen aquatic products, 2.8 million pairs ofleather shoes, among others.
Statistics showed over40 local enterprises engaged in export, shipping goods to 38 markets in theworld.
Main markets for KienGiang’s rice were Ghana, China and East Timor, while those for local aquatic productswere the Republic of Korea and Japan, and major buyers of leather shoes wereHong Kong (China) and Mexico.
The provincialauthorities have followed closely the export situation in order to timelyaddress arising difficulties for local exporters.
The province also worked topromote safe and sustainable agricultural and aquatic production, thus ensuringmaterial supply for for-export processing./.