China, the US and Japan were the three largest importers of Vietnam’s fishery products in the first quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The Vietnamese and Indonesian economies share many similarities, conducive to cooperation in trade, agriculture, and fisheries promotion, said experts at a symposium held in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1.
VOV.VN - Among the three markets that purchase the most agricultural products from the nation, China currently takes the top spot with US$8.7 billion during the initial nine months of the year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
VOV.VN - From the beginning of the year to mid-July, fruit and vegetable exports reached more than US$2.9 billion, ranking third in the group of agro-forestry-fishery products, according to the General Department of Customs.
VOV.VN - China, the United States, and Japan continued to make up the three largest export markets for Vietnamese agricultural, forestry ,and fishery products in the opening seven months of the year, according to details given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Fishery products shipped overseas earned US$2.63 billion for Vietnam between January and April, down 27.7% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Mong Cai international border gate in the northern province of Quang Ninh is becoming a customs clearance gateway for agro-fisheries products between Vietnam and China.
VOV.VN - China surpassed the United States to become the largest consumer of Vietnamese agricultural products, spending US$1.27 billion on imports, in the first two months of the year.
Vietnam expects to rake in between 800,000 to US$1 billion worth of seaculture product exports by 2025, according to a development project of the sector towards 2030 with a vision to 2045.
In 2023, the agricultural sector will promote negotiation to open more foreign markets for local farming commodities, said Hoang Trung, director of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).