Việt Nam shipped an estimated US$24.14 billion worth of agro-forestry-fishery products overseas during January-May, up 21 per cent against the same time last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
China was the largest consumer of Việt Nam''s ago-forestry-fishery products, accounting for 23 per cent of the total or marking a yearly rise of 106 per cent.
The agriculture sector in 2022 posted a new record in the agro-forestry-fishery export value, hitting more than US$53.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9.3 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The 11-month export rose 11.8 per cent year-on-year to US$49.04 billion while imports increased 7 per cent to some $41.22 billion, resulting in a surplus of $7.82 billion, up 48 per cent year-on-year, MARD said.
Viet Nam''s exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries products increased sharply in the first half of 2022, but the sector continued to face many challenges that need to be resolved.
WIth positive performance in H1, the ministry expects the country''s agro-forestry-fishery exports to reach $55 billion by the year-end, $5 billion higher than the Government target.
Exports by HCM City companies in the first eight months of the year topped US$28.4 billion, a 4 per cent increase year-on-year, according to the local Department of Industry and Trade.
Viet Nam exported agro-forestry-fishery products worth a total of US$5.3 billion in the first two months of this year, representing a slight of 2.8 per cent against the same period in 2019.
The export value of forestry products is projected to hit US$5.858 billion between January and August this year, increasing 13 per cent on year and accounting for 23 per cent of Viet Nam’s total agro-forestry-fishery exports.
Viet Nam and Japan can accelerate co-operation in applying Japan’s new technology and advanced value chain management methods to Viet Nam’s agricultural production, according to experts at a conference in the capital city on Tuesday.
The value of agro-forestry-fishery exports in November is estimated at US$2.69 billion, pushing the total value in the first 11 months of the year to $29.1 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Agro-forestry-fishery exports were estimated to bring in US$4.2 billion during the first two months of the year, surging 5.5 per cent from the same period last year.