Processing seafood for exports (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The agriculture industryposted a year-on-year growth of 2.68 percent in the first quarter of 2019,despite an array of difficulties caused by the African swine fever and unstableexport markets, mainly driven by the seafood and forestry sector.
In January-March, the total seafood outputreached 1.46 million tonnes, a yearly rise of 4.9 percent.
The export turnover of forestry products wasestimated at 2.4 billion USD, up 18 percent against the same period last year.
The agro-forestry-fishery export turnover in theperiod went down 2.9 percent year-on-year to 8.8 billion USD due to reductionsin rice, pepper, cashew nut, and coffee orders.
To ensure growth of more than 2.56 percent inthe second quarter, the cultivation sector must double its efforts to maintainits set growth target of 1.93 percent, while the aquaculture arena needs to posta growth of 4.78 percent and the forestry sector, 5.8 percent, according to theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development. –VNA
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