Hanoi (VNA) - The import-export value ofagro-forestry-fisheries products in the first four months of 2021 stood at about32.07 billion USD, with exports estimated at 17.15 billion USD, a 24.2 percent increaseyear-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has reported.

With import value of 14.93 billion USD, Vietnam posteda trade surplus of about 2.2 billion USD, down 41.1 percent year-on-year,according to the ministry.

The export value of main agricultural products wasestimated at 5.9 billion USD, up 9 percent year-on-year, while the figure for key forestry products was 5.33 billion USD and fisheries products 2.39 billion USD, increasesof 50.9 percent and 6.1 percent, respectively, year-on-year.

Upturns were seen in the export of many products,including rubber (nearly 112 percent), tea (nearly 8 percent), rice (1.2percent), fruit and vegetables (9.5 percent), cassava and cassava products (24percent), breeding products (37.4 percent), tra fish (nearly 3 percent), shrimp(5.5 percent), and furniture (over 71 percent).

Falls, meanwhile, were recorded in the export value of coffee, at 11.6 percent,and cashew nuts, at 7.8 percent.

Asian markets consumed 46.9 percent of Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fisheriesproducts during the period, while the Americas accounted for 27.6 percent,Europe 10 percent, Oceania 1.4 percent, and Africa 1.4 percent.

The four leading markets were the US, China, Japan,and the Republic of Korea.

Vietnam also spent 5.01 billion USD in the first fourmonths on importing agro-forestry-fisheries products, with 1.38 billion USD outlaidon breeding products, 679 million USD on aquatic products, 997.4 million USD onmajor forestry products, and 2.31 billion USD on input materials.

The ministry will continue to keep domestic firms informed about new sanitaryand phytosanitary (SPS) regulations in major export markets, while maintainingits close watch over the production, price, and supply of farm produce inlocalities around the country./.