Every month, hundreds of billions of dong are earned from exporting a type of beverage.

(HQ Online) - In less than 2 months, tea exports earned nearly 24.2 million USD (equivalent to about 600 billion VND), a sharp increase compared to the same period last year.

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Every year, our country earns hundreds of millions of USD from tea exports. Photo: Internet.

According to the General Department of Customs, from the beginning of the year to February 15, tea exports reached 14,259 tons, with a turnover of nearly 24.2 million USD, up 35.3% in volume and 36.7% over the same period last year.

The growth rate between volume and turnover is quite similar, so the average export value of this item has not fluctuated much compared to a year ago.

Currently, tea is one of the important export products of our country's agricultural sector.

Regarding Vietnam's tea export market, the General Department of Customs' update by the end of January 2024 recorded the top 3 names as Pakistan, Taiwan (China), and the United States.

Of which, Pakistan is the leading market in Vietnam's tea consumption. In January, tea exports to this market reached 4,556 tons, with a turnover of 9.17 million USD, accounting for 36.8% of the total volume and 43.7% of the total tea export turnover of the country in the same period.

The average export value of this item to Pakistan reached 2,013 USD/ton.

Thus, compared to the same period in 2023, tea exports to Pakistan increased sharply by 32.6% in volume, 51.7% in turnover and 14.5% in average value compared to the same period in 2023.

Next is the Taiwan market (China) with 928 tons, turnover reaching 1.37 million USD, average value reaching 1,481 USD/ton, a sharp increase of 86% in volume, 87.4% in turnover and 0.8% in average value compared to the same period last year.

The United States ranked third with 913 tons, turnover of over 1.2 million USD, average value of 1,316.8 USD/ton, a sharp increase of 191% in volume, 197.5% in turnover and 2.3% in price compared to January 2023.

In 2023, Vietnam exported 119,794 tons of tea, with a turnover of 208.2 million USD, down 18% in volume and 12% in turnover compared to 2022.

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