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Vietnam’s fruit, vegetable export rises 15.2 pct in 9 months
HANOI, Oct. 8, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Vietnam reaped over 3 billion U.S.
dollars from exporting fruits and vegetables in the first nine months of this
year, up 15.2 percent year-on-year, with China being the largest importer,
the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Monday.
According to local agriculture and trade experts, favorable weather
boosted yields of litchi, longan, dragon fruit, durian and avocado. Export
prices of both fruits and vegetables remained stable between January and
September.
The country made fruit and veggie export turnovers of more than 3.5
billion dollars in 2017, up over 43.1 percent against 2016. Its biggest
import market was China, which accounted for 75.6 percent of the turnovers,
followed by Japan with 3.6 percent, the United States with 2.9 percent, South
Korea with 2.6 percent, and the Netherlands with 1.8 percent, the ministry
said.
In the first nine months of this year, Vietnam spent more than 1.3 billion
dollars importing fruits and vegetables, up 13 percent year-on-year. In 2017,
the country spent nearly 1.6 billion dollars importing fruits and vegetables,
up 68 percent against 2016, said the ministry.
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