Cash crops top $1b in exports
HA NOI (VNS) - Seafood, timber, rice, coffee, rubber, cashew nuts and cassava earned more than US$1 billion each in export turnover last year. According to statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, thanks to a rapid and stable growth of 30 per cent for the past three years, fruits and vegetables joined the $1billion export club for the first time. The export of aquatic products ranked first with $6.7 billion, up 10.1 per cent over the previous year. The The export of timber and wood products, ranking second, brought home $5.37 billion, up 15.2 per cent against last year. The export of these items saw high growth in big markets such as the The export turnover of rice reached 6.61 million tonnes, valued at $2.95 billion. Coffee exports, standing at the fourth place, raked in $2.75 billion, followed by rubber at $2.52 billion, cashew nuts at $1.63 billion and cassava at $1.11 billion. The volume of cashew exports reached 257,000 tonnes, worth $1.63 billion, and up 15.8 per cent and 9.7 per cent in volume and value respectively. With a shipment of 3.1 million tonnes, cassava exports also contributed $1.11 billion to the country's agricultural product export value of $13.1 billion. - VNS |
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