Agro-forestry-fishery exports in 11 months outpace last year’s record
Agro-forestry-fishery exports stood at about 49.04 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2022, higher than last year’s record of 48.6 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) said.
A tra fishing processing factory of the Navico company (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Agro-forestry-fishery exports stoodat about 49.04 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2022, higher than lastyear’s record of 48.6 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD) said.
The 11-month export rose 11.8% year on year while importsincreased 6.9% to some 41.22 billion USD, resulting in a surplus of 7.82billion USD – up 47.8%.
Thatmade up a total trade of 90.26 billion USD, rising 9.5% year on year, statisticsshow.
Between January andNovember, key agricultural products brought home more than 20.73 billion USD,up 6.6%; main forestry products 15.59 billion USD, up 8.2%; fishery products 10.14billion USD, up 27%; and animal farming 361.4 million USD, down 8.4%.
So far, the agricultural sector has seen eight products andgroups of products with export value of over 2 billion USD each, namely coffee,rubber, rice, vegetables and fruit, cashew nut, shrimp, tra fish, and woodproducts.
Asian marketsaccounted for 44.7% of Vietnam’s total exports, Americas 27.4%, Europe 11.3%, Oceania1.7%, and Africa 1.7%.
TheUS remains the biggest buyer of Vietnamese goods, with 12.3 billion USD, makingup 25% of total shipments. It is followed by China (9.3 billion USD, 18.9%) andJapan (3.9 billion USD, 7.9%).
The MARD saidagro-forestry-fishery imports are estimated at over 41.22 billion USD during 11months, increasing 6.9% from a year earlier.
Thatincludes more than 25.21 billion USD worth of key farm produce, up 3.9%; 2.5billion USD of fishery products, up 39.7%; 2.89 billion USD of forestryproducts, up 4%; and over 3 billion USD of animal products, down 3.2%./.
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A tra fishing processing factory of the Navico company (Photo: VNA) 
