Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)According to data from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam'sexport turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products to the Russianmarket in the first seven months of 2021 increased by 34.2 percent over thesame period last year, reaching 323.26 million USD.
Moreover, aquatic products, agricultural products saw high growth inexport turnover compared to the same period last year. However, tea, rice, woodand wooden products experienced a decrease in export turnover to the Russianmarket.
According to data from the Russian Customs agency, in the first six months of 2021, the country imported a total of 117,880 tonnes of coffee,up 4.8 percent over the same period last year.
In particular, Vietnam is the largest coffee supplier to Russia with 36,770 tonnes, accounting for 31.2 percent of the marketshare.
However, it is hard to find Vietnam's branded coffee on the shelves ofsupermarket chains in Russia because about 99 percent of Vietnamese coffee importedinto Russia is raw beans.
Vietnamese businesses are urged to carefully study and take advantageof the incentives of the VN-EAEU FTA to better improve the exports to theRussian market in the near future./.
VNA
