Exportvolume fell 1.4 percent but increased by 10.9 percent in value overthe same period last year.
Thedepartment also said that in the first half of this year, the Philippinesranked first in Vietnam's rice export market with nearly 37 percent of totalrice exports.
Vietnamexported 1.4 million tonnes of rice to the Philippines, raking in 635 million USD, up 13.3 percent and 30.5 percent,respectively, over the same period last year.
Othermarkets with strong growth in rice exports included Senegal (up 19.6 times),Indonesia (2.8 times) and China (nearly 90 percent).
Vietnam’saverage rice export price in the first six months hit 487.6 USD per tonne, 13 percent higher than the sameperiod in 2019./.