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    Vietnam’s agricultural exports reached US$24 billion in the first half of the year

    • Last Update: 2021-08-01
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    (De Volkskrant) new crown despite suffering pneumonia epidemic affected, but the first six months of this year, Vietnam's farm produce export volume remained surge in momentum over the planned program
    .
    This is the information announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development at the task deployment meeting for the first half and second half of 2021 held on June 30
    .
     
    Nguyen Van Viet, director of the Ministry’s Planning Department, said that in the first half of this year, the growth rate of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products exports reached approximately 3.
    84%, of which agriculture grew by 3.
    71%, forestry grew by 3.
    98% and aquaculture grew by 4.
    25%
    .
     
    Director Nguyen Van Viet said that despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the export of agricultural products in the first half of this year still increased sharply, reaching 24.
    23 billion US dollars, an increase of 28.
    2% compared with the same period in 2020, exceeding the planned plan
    .
    Among them, the export value of major agricultural products reached 10.
    4 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 13.
    3%; aquatic products reached 4.
    05 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 12.
    5%; forest products reached 8.
    7 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 61.
    5%; the export volume and exports of rubber, cashew nuts, vegetables, fruits, and cassava The amount has soared
    .
     
      Regarding the export market, Director Nguyen Van Viet stated that the export market for Vietnamese agricultural products has changed.
    The United States has become the largest export market for Vietnamese agricultural products.
    The export value of Vietnamese agricultural products to the US market reached 6.
    7 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 59.
    8% compared with the same period in 2021, accounting for exports.
    The total amount reached 27.
    9%
    .
    China is the second largest export market for Vietnamese agricultural products, with exports to China amounting to US$4.
    75 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32.
    1% and accounting for 19.
    6% of total exports
    .
     
      Regarding the domestic market, Director Nguyen Van Viet said that recently, in order to solve the problem of agricultural product sales, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has assisted in entering agricultural products into the supermarket systems of Big C, Aeon, Hapro and Vinmart, and participated in Alibaba, Amazon, E-commerce platforms such as Sendo, Voso and Shopee promote the sales of agricultural products
    .
     
      The agricultural sector’s goal in 2021 is for exports to reach 45 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, which is higher than the government’s 3 billion U.
    S.
    dollar goal
    .
    Therefore, in the second half of the year, the department will focus on vigorously promoting the development of the export market and negotiating the lifting of trade and technical barriers to Vietnam’s agricultural products
    .
     
      Feng Dejin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that according to statistics, agricultural growth has increased from 2011 (up to 4.
    24%) to 3.
    84% this year.
    In the current new crown pneumonia epidemic and facing diseases, natural disasters and climate change, agricultural growth has increased again.
    Reach a new peak
    .
    (Finish)
    Exports of epidemic agricultural products
     
      Nguyen Van Viet, director of the Ministry’s Planning Department, said that in the first half of this year, the growth rate of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products exports reached approximately 3.
    84%, of which agriculture grew by 3.
    71%, forestry grew by 3.
    98% and aquaculture grew by 4.
    25%
    .
     
      Director Nguyen Van Viet said that despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the export of agricultural products in the first half of this year still increased sharply, reaching 24.
    23 billion US dollars, an increase of 28.
    2% compared with the same period in 2020, exceeding the planned plan
    .
    Among them, the export value of major agricultural products reached 10.
    4 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 13.
    3%; aquatic products reached 4.
    05 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 12.
    5%; forest products reached 8.
    7 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 61.
    5%; the export volume and exports of rubber, cashew nuts, vegetables, fruits, and cassava The amount has soared
    .
     
      Regarding the export market, Director Nguyen Van Viet stated that the export market for Vietnamese agricultural products has changed.
    The United States has become the largest export market for Vietnamese agricultural products.
    The export value of Vietnamese agricultural products to the US market reached 6.
    7 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, an increase of 59.
    8% compared with the same period in 2021, accounting for exports.
    The total amount reached 27.
    9%
    .
    China is the second largest export market for Vietnamese agricultural products, with exports to China amounting to US$4.
    75 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32.
    1% and accounting for 19.
    6% of total exports
    .
     
      Regarding the domestic market, Director Nguyen Van Viet said that recently, in order to solve the problem of agricultural product sales, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has assisted in entering agricultural products into the supermarket systems of Big C, Aeon, Hapro and Vinmart, and participated in Alibaba, Amazon, E-commerce platforms such as Sendo, Voso and Shopee promote the sales of agricultural products
    .
     
      The agricultural sector’s goal in 2021 is for exports to reach 45 billion U.
    S.
    dollars, which is higher than the government’s 3 billion U.
    S.
    dollar goal
    .
    Therefore, in the second half of the year, the department will focus on vigorously promoting the development of the export market and negotiating the lifting of trade and technical barriers to Vietnam’s agricultural products
    .
     
      Feng Dejin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that according to statistics, agricultural growth has increased from 2011 (up to 4.
    24%) to 3.
    84% this year.
    In the current new crown pneumonia epidemic and facing diseases, natural disasters and climate change, agricultural growth has increased again.
    Reach a new peak
    .
    (Finish)
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