Agricultural, forestry and fishery exports earn 24.14 billion USD

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in May 2024, agricultural, forestry and fishery exports reached 5.06 billion USD, up 11.2% compared to May 2023; of which, main agricultural product exports reached 2.73 billion USD (up 14.3%); forestry product exports reached 1.35 billion USD (up 17.9%); livestock product exports reached 45.8 million USD (up 10.2%); seafood exports alone reached 780 million USD (down 3.5%) and production input exports reached 153 million USD (down 6.9%).

5 months: Agricultural, forestry and fishery exports earn 24.14 billion USD (Illustration photo)

In the first 5 months of the year, most commodity groups increased, so export turnover increased, reaching 24.14 billion USD. Contributing to this export result were agricultural products reaching 13.11 billion USD, up 27.7%; forestry products reaching 6.58 billion USD, up 22.7%; aquatic products reaching 3.5 billion USD, up 3.6%; livestock reaching 199 million USD, up 5.6%. Production input alone reached 756 million USD, down 1.3%.

In terms of export value, most key products were higher than the same period last year, such as: Wood and wood products reached 6.14 billion USD (up 23.6%); coffee reached 2.9 billion USD (up 44.1%); rice reached 2.65 billion USD (up 38.2%); cashew nuts reached 1.55 billion USD (up 19.3%); vegetables and fruits reached 2.59 billion USD (up 28.1%) and shrimp reached 1.3 billion USD (up 7.5%).

The average export price is as follows: Rice reached 638 USD/ton, up 20.5%; coffee reached 3,482 USD/ton, up 49.9%; rubber reached 1,504 USD/ton, up 8.8%; pepper 4,308 USD/ton, up 39.3%; cashew nuts alone reached 5,378 USD/ton, down 8.6%; tea 1,656 USD/ton, down 0.8%...

Export value to all markets increased. Of which, exports to the Asian market reached 11.31 billion USD (up 17.5%); to the Americas reached 5.4 billion USD (up 23.1%); to Europe reached 3.2 billion USD (up 39.4%); to Africa reached 459 million USD (up 26.1%) and to Oceania reached 341 million USD (up 24.8%).

The United States, China and Japan continue to be the three largest export markets for agricultural, forestry and fishery products of Vietnam; of which, the export value to the United States accounted for 20.6%, up 23.9%; China accounted for 19.2%, up 8.6% and Japan accounted for 6.7%, up 6.6%.

Source: https://congthuong.vn/5-thang-xuat-khau-nong-lam-thuy-san-thu-ve-2414-ty-usd-323073.html