July’s agro-forestry and seafood exports are estimated to have earned US$2.39 billion, bringing their seven-month export value to US$15.59 billion.

Major agricultural exports are valued at US$7.84 billion, down 11.9%. In contrast  export earnings of seafood edged up 0.7% to US$3.14 billion, and forestry product exports rose 12.2% to US$3.05 billion.

Vietnam exported 4.22 million tonnes of rice over the reviewed period, earning US$1.88 billion, down 11.3% in volume and 13% in value compared to 2012. Prices remained at an unfortunately low level. China is still Vietnam’s largest rice importer.

Vietnam’s coffee exports totaled around 890,000 tonnes in the 7 months, worth US$1.91 billion, representing a sharp fall of 23.7% in volume and 22.4% in value.

The country’s other major export commodities include tea (US$120 million, up 4.1%), cashew nuts (US$759 million, up 5.9%), pepper (US$618 million, up 17.7%), wood and timber products (US$2.9 billion, up 12.3%), rubber (US$1.21 billion, down 18.4%), and cassava (US$629 million, down 22.5%).

(VOV)