VOV.VN - Total Vietnamese agro-forestry and aquatic export-import turnover reached an estimated US$59.69 billion, according to details given by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
VOV.VN - Vietnam always tries its best to implement the agreement on illegal logging and timber trade with the United States, with pledges made to develop a transparent, sustainable, and responsible forestry sector.
Export targets of some forestry and aquatic products have been lowered due to various difficulties regarding prices and markets.
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.
Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic product exports raked in US$29.13 billion in the first seven months of 2023, while its imports reached US$23.25 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of US$5.88 billion, up 3.4% year-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported.
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).
The value of Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery export to the European Union (EU) market reached US$2.1 billion in the first half of this year, down 16.6% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
VOV.VN - Fresh Vietnamese passion fruit and coconut have huge export opportunities to Australia and China via official channels, according to the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
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.
The export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products in the third quarter of 2023 is expected to be equivalent to the figure in the same period last year, and is likely to see positive growth in the fourth quarter, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.