In the first nine months of 2022, exports of a number of key commodities: aquatic products, vegetables and fruits, cashew nuts, pepper, tea, coffee, rice, cassava and cassava and rubber products have partly recovered, reaching decent growth. A number of agricultural, forestry and fishery exports increased in both volume and value.
Although the agricultural sector implements the plan in difficult weather conditions, at times the prices of inputs and inputs for agricultural production (petroleum, fertilizer, animal feed, etc.) The global food crisis is increasing due to the double impact of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, etc. However, the agricultural sector has actively coordinated with ministries, branches and localities to focus on implementing synchronous, drastic and flexible solutions. Thanks to that, agriculture grew quite well; productivity and output of many key products increased, ensuring an adequate supply of food, foodstuffs and essential goods, contributing to the overall growth of the country’s economy and boosting export value.
There are 7 products and product groups with export value of over 2 billion USD, including: seafood, coffee, rice, rubber, vegetables, cashew, wood and wood products. Specifically, in the first nine months of 2022, the export turnover of aquatic products is estimated at 8.5 billion USD, up 38% over the same period last year; the group of agricultural and forestry products reached 18.5 billion USD, up 6.2%, of which 6 items with increased export value were: Coffee reached 3.1 billion USD, up 37.6% (increased volume). 13.7%); rice reached USD 2.6 billion, up 9.3% (volume increased by 19.3%); rubber reached 2.3 billion USD, up 7.8% (volume increased by 9.7%); cassava and cassava products reached 1 billion USD, up 21% (increased volume by 9.2%); pepper reached USD 774 million, up 7.7% (although the volume decreased by 17.4%, the export value still increased due to the increase in export prices); tea reached USD 156 million, up 1.6% (a decrease of 0.8%). There were 2 items with a decrease in export value: Vegetables and fruits reached $2.45 billion, down 11.1%; cashew nuts reached 2.3 billion USD, down 14% (the volume decreased by 10.6%).
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AND AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISH PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT 9 MONTHS, 2022
Recently, the Prime Minister worked with the Vietnamese trading system in 176 foreign markets and at this meeting, the Prime Minister gave directions and directions to promote trade promotion and development. markets, boosting exports in 2022, with orientations for the period of 2023 – 2025.
In the coming time, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development should continue to promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation activities, open the market for Vietnamese agricultural products; continue to coordinate with the Vietnam Trade Office, the Agricultural Counselor to develop a plan to organize online conferences connecting the agricultural product industry with associations and businesses of EU countries, China and Japan.
Especially in the context of many challenges with exports from now until the end of the year, the timely direction from the Government aims to strengthen the traditional market, exploit new potential markets, make effective use of the market. new generation FTAs to which Vietnam is a member.
According to the General Statistics Office
