July’s agro-forestry and seafood exports are estimated to have earned USD2.39 billion, bringing their seven-month export value to USD15.59 billion.
Major agricultural exports are valued at USD7.84 billion, down 11.9%. In contrast export earnings of seafood edged up 0.7% to USD3.14 billion, and forestry product exports rose 12.2% to USD3.05 billion.
Vietnam exported 4.22 million tonnes of rice over the reviewed period, earning USD1.88 billion, down 11.3% in volume and 13% in value compared to 2012. Prices remained at an unfortunately low level. China is still Vietnam’s largest rice importer.
Vietnam’s coffee exports totaled around 890,000 tonnes in the 7 months, worth USD1.91 billion, representing a sharp fall of 23.7% in volume and 22.4% in value.
The country’s other major export commodities include tea (USD120 million, up 4.1%), cashew nuts (USD759 million, up 5.9%), pepper (USD618 million, up 17.7%), wood and timber products (USD2.9 billion, up 12.3%), rubber (USD1.21 billion, down 18.4%), and cassava (USD629 million, down 22.5%)./.
Đăng ký: VietNam News