Export of agri-forestry-fishery products fetch $16.4 billion

Exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the first eight months of the year reached US$16.4 billion, up 34.2 per cent over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In August alone, the country exported $2.2 billion worth of produce, up $200 million against the previous month.

In the first eight months, key agricultural products such as rice, coffee and pepper accounted for $9.3 billion, up 44 per cent; seafood hit $3.7 billion, up 24.4 per cent; and forestry products reached $2.6 billion, up 12.4 per cent.

Director of the Ministry's Information and Statistics Centre Nguyen Viet Chien said a global price hike had helped to lift turnover significantly as export volume had risen only slightly during the period.

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