May 31, 2018 | 21:42 (GMT+7)
Aquatic exports rise by 10 percent in five months
Vietnam recorded a year-on-year rise of 9.7 percent in aquatic exports to USD 3.12 billion in the first five months of 2018, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
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Fishery exports in May alone were estimated at USD 671 million.
The US, Japan, China and the Republic of Korea were the four biggest importers of Vietnamese aquatic products between January and April, making up 52.7 percent of total fishery exports in the period.
Meanwhile, markets with strong growth in aquatic imports from Vietnam were the Netherlands (60.2 percent), China (28.8 percent), the UK (27.4 percent) and Germany (27 percent).
Also in May, the country imported about USD 165 million worth of fishery products, raising the five-month aquatic import value to USD 698 million, up 33.5 percent from a year earlier.
The MARD added in the first five months, while total export value of agro-forestry-fishery products reached USD 15.6 billion, about USD 12.29 billion was spent on importing these products, respectively up 9.9 percent and 10.6 percent from the same period last year.
Source: VNA