Can Tho records highest nine-month export figure in years
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho earned 1.46 billion USD from exports in the first nine months of the year, reaching 81.7 percent of the yearly target and up 14.65 percent over the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade (DoIT).
Can Tho(VNA) – The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho earned 1.46 billion USD from exportsin the first nine months of the year, reaching 81.7 percent of the yearly targetand up 14.65 percent over the same period last year, according to the municipalDepartment of Industry and Trade (DoIT).
This is the highestresult that the city has achieved in many years, said the department.
Nguyen Minh Toai,Director of the DoIT, attributed the rise to the surge in both export volumeand the value of major products of the city, such as rice and seafood.
Specifically, in theyear’s first nine months, the city shipped 582,455 tonnes of rice abroad for 234.5million USD, up over 8 percent in volume and more than 20 percent in value year-on-year,while exporting nearly 117,000 tonnes of aquatic products for 378.67 millionUSD, a rise of 3.83 and 10.3 percent, respectively.
Alongside this, a strongrise was also seen in the export revenue of some other products, such as handicraftby 39.55 percent, garments and textiles by 37.22 percent, and farm produce by38.46 percent.
Toai said that in thecoming time, the department will continue to work closely with otherdepartments and agencies in the city to support local firms in reformingtechnological application and enhancing the productivity and quality ofproducts.
At the same time, thecity will also focus on removing difficulties facing businesses; promoting productionand business; strengthening trade promotion activities and administrativereform; and applying policies to support enterprises in capital to reform theirtechnology, enhancing the quality of products to raise competitiveness, addedToai. –VNA
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