Vietnam’s rice exports fall during January-August
Vietnam suffers as China sets trade barriers on farm produce | |
Exported handicraft products contained illegal wood | |
Imports, exports exceed 177 billion USD |
Vietnam exported 432,000 tonnes of rice for US$191 million in August. |
The figures represented decreases of 16.6% in volume and 13.1% in value compared with the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
China remained the biggest importer of Vietnam’s rice with 36% of the market share. A total of 1.04 million tonnes worth US$476 million were shipped to this market between January-July, down 21.6% in volume and 11.9% in value year-on-year.
Indonesia followed with 353,000 tonnes and US$140.4 million, up 25.5-fold in volume and 26.8-fold in value year-on-year.
Rice export to several traditional markets suffered from drastic decreases, including the Philippines (66.4%), Malaysia (54.5%), and Singapore (36.3%).
However, it is noted that the Philippines will open bidding for 250,000 tonnes of rice on August 31 as part of its plan to import 1 million more tonnes of rice to ensure food for next year.
Hanoi: export revenue hit over US$5.2 billion in first half Hanoi reeled in more than US$5.2 billion through exports in the first six months of 2016 up ... |
Vietnam will participate in this auction, according to the Vietnam Food Association.
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