March 04, 2019 | 21:07 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s agricultural sector obtained a trade surplus of USD 1 billion in the first two months
PANO – In the first two months of this year, Vietnam’s agriculture sector ran a trade surplus of USD 1 billion, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Accordingly, the country’s total export turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products during the two-month period reached USD 4.5 billion, up by 3% in comparison with the same period last year.
In February alone, Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports earned USD 1.93 billion, bringing the figure in the first two months this year to USD 5.5 billion, a 1.6% decrease compared to the same period last year.
Particularly, the revenue of agricultural exports was estimated at USD 2.71 billion, a decline of 10.1% and that of husbandry products was USD 77 million, down by 7 %.
However, the sector has seen positive signs as its aquatic export turnover reached USD 1.1 billion, an increase of 4.4 percent, while its forestry products generated USD 1.5 billion, up by 12.8 percent.
Translated by Tran Hoai