Ten key farm products for export in 2014

Source: Pano feed

VGP – As many as 10 farm products earned the export turnover of more than US$1 billion, contributing to the total export value of US$30.86 billion of the agriculture-forestry-aquaculture sector in 2014.


Shrimps


As of mid-November of 2014, Viet Nam gained US$3.51 billion from exporting shrimps, a year-on-year increase of 32.9% and accounting for more than 50% of the total aquatic export turnover.


The figure is expected to reach nearly US$4 billion by the end of this year.


Tra fish


Tra fish exports in 2014 are estimated to attain US$1.8 billion, up 5.8% compared to the previous year.


Rice


Viet Nam expects to export 6.52 million tons of rice in 2014, earning US$3.04 billion, up 1.9% in value.


As of November 15, China is the largest rice importer of Viet Nam with the market share of 31.1%. Remarkably, rice exports to the Philippines jumped 3.68 times in quantity and 3.74 times in value against the same period last year.


Coffee


The export turnover of coffee in 2014 is estimated to reach US$3.62 billion, up 33.4% in quantity and up 33.2% in value.


Rubber


In 2014, the nation hopes to export 1.07 tons of rubber worth US$1.8 billion, up 0.2% in quantity.


Cashew


It is estimated that a total 306,000 tons of cashew will be exported in this year, bringing about US$2 billion in revenue, up 17.4% in quantity and 21.9 % in value.


The US, China and Netherlands are the biggest cashew importers of Viet Nam, accounting for 32.5%, 15% and 11.23%, respectively.


Peppercorn


Viet Nam may earn US$1.2 billion from exporting 158,000 tons of peppercorn this year, up 19.3% in quantity and up 35.9% in value.


The US, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, India and Netherlands are among the biggest importers.


Cassava


The country expects to ship 3.3 million tons of cassava capitalized at US$1.12 billion, up 5.4% in quantity and 2.6% in value.


Vegetables


With a sharp increase of 34.9%, the vegetable exports may set a record of US$1.47 billion by the end of this year.


Forest products


Viet Nam can fetch US$6.54 billion from exporting timber this year, up 12.7%.


Over the past 11 months of 2014, timber exports to major markets such as the US and Japan witnessed respective growth rate of 12.47% and 17.06%./.


By Thuy Dung




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