Agricultural, forestry and fishery trade surplus increased by nearly 100%

Processing seafood for export at Cafatex Seafood Joint Stock Company (Hau Giang). (Photo: TRAN QUOC)

Of which, agricultural export turnover reached 7.46 billion USD, up 31.1%; forestry products 3.61 billion USD, up 18.8%; aquatic products 1.86 billion USD, up 1.9%; livestock 113 million USD, up 4.8%; production inputs 481 million USD, up 8.3%. There were 4 items with export value of more than 1 billion USD, namely: Wood 2.32 billion USD (up 26.8%); vegetables and fruits 1.23 billion USD (up 25.8%); rice 1.37 billion USD (up 40% with volume 2.07 million tons, up 12%); coffee 1.9 billion USD (up 54.2% with volume 799,000 tons, up 44.4%). The average export price of some agricultural products increased such as: Rice 661 USD/ton, up 5%; Coffee 2,373 USD/ton, up 6.8%; rubber 1,462 USD/ton, up 5.1%; pepper 4,153 USD/ton, up 35.6%.

In terms of markets, export value to all markets increased. Of which, exports to Asia reached 6.27 billion USD (up 16.6%); America 2.96 billion USD (up 27.2%); Europe 1.85 billion USD (up 34.8%); Oceania 188 million USD (up 22.9%) and Africa 192 million USD (up 21.6%). China, the US and Japan continued to be the three largest export markets for agricultural, forestry and fishery products of Vietnam. Export value to China accounted for 20.2%, up 18.3%; the US accounted for 19.9%, up 28.3% and Japan accounted for 7%, up 4.6%.

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