The trade value of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first quarter of this year was estimated at US$20.63 billion, down 11.2 per cent year on year.
Statistics from the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ha Noi have revealed that the city has to date built 141 chains that link producers and consumers of agro-forestry and fisheries products.
Covering a total area of 4,500sq.m, the upcoming expo will showcase agro-forestry-fisheries products, processed foods, nutritional food, supplements, food additives, beverages and pharmaceutical ingredients.
Vietnamese companies, especially those in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta, should participate in trade promotion programmes if they want to expand exports to Japan, according to the Viet Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade).
The ‘One commune one product (OCOP)’ fair aims to honour Viet Nam’s high-quality agro-forestry-fisheries products which are well-known in domestic and foreign markets, organisers said a press conference in Ha Noi on Tuesday.
The Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) has proposed the government use the medium-term public investment budget for the 2016-20 period to upgrade fisheries ports to meet European Commision requirements.
Viet Nam exported agricultural, forest and fisheries products worth
US$11.4 billion in the first five months of this year, the agriculture
and rural development ministry''s latest report said.
Exports of agricultural, forestry and fisheries
products ped sharply during the first quarter of this year, with
major export products posting declines in both volume and value.
Finland has large demand for agricultural and fisheries products,
providing Vietnamese firms with plenty of export opportunities, a
seminar heard in HCM City yesterday.
Export of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first month of this
year reached a modest US$2.32 billion, 9.7 per cent lower than one year
ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Export earnings from agricultural, forestry and fisheries products in
the first 11 months of the year recorded a 1.5 per cent increase
year-on-year, reaching US$25.2 billion.
Shrimp exports increased rapidly in the first 10 months of this year,
significantly contributing to the growth of the nation''s total seafood
exports, the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers
(VASEP) said.