The EU - Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has opened up unprecedentedly big opportunities for Vietnamese rice export. Thanks to preferential tariffs, the shipments of fragrant and high-quality rice to the EU have reaped encouraging results.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported over 156,000 tonnes of pepper worth US$498 million during the first six months of this year, marking a rise of 26.6% in volume, but a drop of 11% in value over the same period from 2022, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported approximately 766,000 tonnes of rubber worth US$1.05 billion in the first six months of 2023, down 2.6% in volume and down 22.9% in value against the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade is collaborating with relevant ministries, agencies and localities to complete a draft decree on rice export and trading in the third quarter of this year to meet local and global market demands.

Vietnam raked in an estimated US$6.42 billion from forestry product exports in the first half of 2023, down 28.8% year on year, according to the Department of Forestry under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese coffee exports raked in US$2 billion during the first half of the year, with this being considered a bright spot in terms of farm produce exports during the reviewed period, according to figures given by the General Department of Customs.

The fertiliser export market declined in both volume and price in the first six months of this year.

Despite a downward trend in aquatic product exports in the first half of 2023, the lower pace of month-on-month decline is giving hopes for a recovery in the remaining months of this year.

VOV.VN - During the first half of 2023, five Vietnamese commodities raked in more than US$10 billion each in export earnings, making up 57.8% of the country’s export value.

Several measures have been recommended to help Vietnamese exporters cope with dwindling demand in many markets around the world.