The Office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development this morning informed the country’s total import-export turnover in agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the first seven months of 2022 was estimated to reach around US$58.3 billion, an increase of 7.2 percent over the same period last year.
Exports of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products increased sharply in the first seven months. According to statistics of the General Department of Customs, by the end of July 15, the total import-export turnover has reached US$403 billion, up 16 percent over the same period. In particular, export turnover alone has reached more than $201 billion.
Vietnam saw a strong growth in both imports and exports in the first six months of the year. Exports in the first half of the year are estimated at US$185.5 bln, up by 17% compared to the same period in 2021.
Agro-forestry-fishery exports hit about US$23.2 billion in the first five months of 2022, posting a year-on-year increase of 16.8 percent. Nine groups of products saw export values of more than US$1 billion in the period, including coffee, rubber, rice, cashew and vegetables.
Despite difficulties in export markets over the past time, Vietnam has earned a US$23.2 billion export turnover of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in the first five months of 2022, up 16.8 percent while the trade surplus reached US$5.1 billion, up 3.1 times over the same period.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Can Tho City held a meeting to take opinions on a construction project on a center for linking the production, processing, and consumption of agricultural products in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a circular stipulating the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022.
The General Department of State Reserves under the Ministry of Finance has issued a document on the provision of over 56,555 tons of rice from national reserve to HCMC to support pandemic-hit residents.
