VOV.VN -Vietnam’s export of gems and precious metals reached US$320 million in September, bringing the total export value during the nine-month period to US$1.88 billion, representing an annual increase of 442.7 per cent.
VOV.VN -Pakistan imported 26,100 tonnes of Vietnamese tea with a total value of US$52.77 million during the first eight months of 2019, up of 26.5 per cent in volume and 14.5 per cent in value on year.
VOV.VN -The total export value of forestry products enjoyed an annual increase of 18 per cent to US$7.08 billion during the first eight months of the year, accounting for 26.6 per cent of export proportions.
The export value of tra fish in July continued to drop for the fifth consecutive month, down 12.7 percent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
VOV.VN - The import and export of aquatic products went into reserve during the first seven months of this year, noted the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade would not adjust its import and export goals despite current difficulties.
Vietnam’s Eastwood Energy JSC and Sweden’s CellMark Group signed a long-term contract in Ho Chi Minh City on August 8 to supply wood pellets to the Japanese market.
Agro-forestry-aquatic products post one-billion-USD export value
Fishery sector aims for over 10 billion USD in export value
Fruit and vegetable exports in April reached 462 million USD, bringing their total export turnover in the first four months of 2019 to 1.4 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 7.2 percent.
VOV.VN - Tra fish exports to Japan leaped by 61.5 per cent on year to reach US$11.54 million in the first four months of the year, thus putting the Japanese market on the list of top ten importers of such product for the first time.
Export revenues of agro-forestry-fishery products in April is estimated to hit 3.5 billion USD, pushing the figure in the first four months of this year to 12.4 billion USD, equivalent to the figure recorded in the same period last year, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Universal Alloys Corporation ASIA PTE., LTD (UAC) and the People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang on March 29 started the construction of an aerospace component factory in the city.
Boasting 1.8 million hectares of fruit and vegetable plantation, with many various zones applied advanced technologies into production, Vietnam aims to gain 5 billion USD from farm produce exports by 2020.
Vietnam now ranks fourth globally, first in Southeast Asia and second in Asia in terms of exports of seafood, and its products are now available in over 170 countries and territories worldwide.
Coffee production areas across many Vietnamese provinces, including Dak Lak, Dak Nong, Son La and Lam Dong, are endowed with crop varieties, weather conditions and soils that are suitable to develop speciality coffee, according to experts.
Vietnam’s shrimp exports are expected to grow this year to a value of more than 4 billion USD thanks to free trade agreements, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The fisheries sector is aiming at US$10 billion in the export of aquatic products in 2019, a year-on-year rise of 11%, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Exports to China have surged in recent years, with the trend forecast to continue, so Vietnamese enterprises have been urged to keep tabs on the huge market.
In the first 11 months of 2018, the export value of key forest products was estimated at US$8.49 billion, up 16.6% year-on-year.
