Agro-forestry-fishery exports up 7.6% in first quarter

In March alone, the sector's exports earned an estimated US$2.9 billion.

A breakdown shows major agricultural goods brought in US$4.2 billion, up 13.5% from a year earlier, while seafood and forestry products earned US$1.5 billion and US$1.8 billion, respectively.

The past three months saw impressive performance by rubber and coffee in March in terms of value.

Vietnam exported a total of 249,000 tonnes of rubber in the first three months of the year, earning US$510 million, up 90.6% over the same quarter of 2016, on a 1.9% increase in export volume.

China, the Republic of Korea and Malaysia were Vietnam's three largest rubber importers, accounting for 67.3%, 4.1% and 4%, respectively.

Meanwhile coffee exports brought in US$1 billion, up 25.6% from 449,000 tonnes of beans, a decrease of 5.4% from the previous year.

(Source: Nhandan Online)