Agro-forestry-aquatic exports hit over US$51.7 bln in 10 months
VGP - Viet Nam raked in US$51.74 billion from exporting agro-forestry-aquatic products over the last 10 months of 2024, up 20.2 percent year-on-year, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported.
Of the above figture, agricultural products brought home US$27.38 billion, forestry products US$14.05 billion, aquatic products US$8.33 billion, and livestock products US$423.5 million, up 25.6 percent, 19.9 percent, 12 percent, and 2.7 percent, respectively.
In October alone, the export value of these products stood at US$5.91 billion.
The U.S., China, and Japan remained the largest importers of Vietnamese agro-forestry-aquatic products, with the export value to the U.S. increasing by 25.9 percent year-on-year, China 114 percent, and Japan 5.9 percent.
During the reviewed period, Viet Nam spent US$36.53 billion on importing agro-aquatic-forestry products, up 8.5 percent from the same period last year.
The nation recorded a trade surplus of US$15.21 billion in the agro-forestry-fishery sector during the period, a year-on-year increase of 18.8 percent.
