It is expected that this year, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products will reach over 40 billion USD. In the fourth quarter alone, the export turnover may reach over USD 10 billion.
At the regular press conference on the morning of October 6, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that it is expected that in the last months of the year, the consumption of agricultural products, especially exports will be better. But there are still many difficulties.
It is expected that this year, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products will reach over 40 billion USD. In the fourth quarter alone, the export turnover may reach over USD 10 billion.
In the first 9 months of this year, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products was estimated at 30 billion USD, up 1.6% over the same period in 2019.
Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said that in the first 9 months of the year, although there were still many decrease in export products, rice, vegetables, cassava, shrimp, wood and wood products, … still maintained an increase in export value over the same period. period.
Regular press conference of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: Duc Quynh
There are 8 groups, export items over 1 billion USD and 6 groups, items with export value over 2 billion USD (coffee 2.2 billion USD, rice 2.5 billion USD, cashew nuts 2, 3 billion USD, vegetables and fruits reached 2.5 billion USD, shrimp 2.75 billion USD, wood and wood products reached 8.5 billion USD).
At the press conference, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of the Department of Agro-Processing and Market Development, said that Vietnam currently has 5 commodity groups reaching over $ 2 billion and this is Vietnam’s advantage.
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan, Director of Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development Department. Photo: Duc Quynh
“With rice, we already have a strategy. In the future, we will focus more on quality instead of quantity because some big markets such as the EU eat less rice but eat high quality rice, ”said Toan.
Although cashew and coffee have not finished their decreasing cycle, the recent COVID-19 epidemic has shown that even the regions with the greatest impact of COVID-19 epidemic such as Spain, France, Netherlands , Germany, but demand for coffee is still very good.
For shrimp, Vietnam has done a good job of traceability and leverage from free trade agreements, especially EVFTA.
Deputy Minister Phung Duc Tien said that from now until the end of the year, the agricultural sector will promptly inform and warn the new regulations of the export market, especially the Chinese market.
Continuing to monitor and report regularly price fluctuations, supply and demand situation of some essential agricultural products, promptly adopt solutions to balance supply and demand, to avoid price abnormalities.
Coordinate with ministries, branches, localities and enterprises to implement solutions to remove difficulties, promote agricultural exports in the face of new developments of COVID-19 epidemic in the world, focusing on key markets. point.
Timely information and warnings about new regulations of export markets, especially the Chinese market; strongly communicate outstanding trade promotion activities and events of the industry, events on agricultural exports to the EU market under the EVFTA Agreement.
According to VietnamBiz
