Agro-forestry-fisheries export hits US$23.3 bln in nine months

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the country exported 396,000 tonnes of rice worth US$176 million during the month. On the January-September calculation, the volume of exported rice hit 3.76 million tonnes, valued at US$1.69 billion, down 16.4% in volume and 12.5% in value, respectively. 

China remains the largest importer of Vietnamese rice with a 35.5% market share, followed by Ghana and Indonesia with respective market shares of 11% and 9.4%. 

Meanwhile, coffee recorded a 22% export growth - the strongest among industrial plants from the same period of last year. As many as 113,000 tonnes worth US$221 million were shipped overseas during the month, driving the total volume and value for nine months to 1.39 million tonnes and US$2.48 billion. 

Exporters of cashew nuts and pepper raked in US$2.01 billion and US$1.19 billion, respectively, from selling 255,000 tonnes and 146,000 tonnes during the nine months. 

Suffering a downtrend for a period, tea and rubber bounced back, enjoying positive growth of 0.2% and 1%, earning US$152 million and US$1.1 billion, respectively. 

Shipment of aquatic products is estimated to hit US$4.9 billion in the nine-month period, rising by 4.3% from the same time last year. 

Forestry export was valued at US$5.1 billion, equivalent to the same period of last year.