In March alone, the sector pocketed 241 million USD from exporting40,000 tonnes of the nut, year-on-year decreases of 11 percent in volume and 9percent in value.
The Vietnam Cashew Association attributed the declines tothe reduction in import of the country’s major markets such as the Netherlands,Canada, China, Italy and Russia.
In addition, a suspected cashew nut scam involving the loss of the billsof lading of containers exported to Europe from mid-March also affected thetotal volume and value in the first quarter./.