According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in August 2022, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products was estimated at nearly US$4.4 billion, up 32% compared to August 2021, up 0.3% compared to July. 2022; in which, main agricultural products reached over 1.8 billion USD, main forest products reached over 1.4 billion USD, aquatic products reached 893.8 million USD and livestock reached 41.6 million USD, etc.
| In the first 8 months of 2022, the export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products is estimated at nearly 36.3 billion USD |
In the first eight months of 2022, the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products is estimated at nearly 36.3 billion USD, up 13.1% over the same period last year. In which, the export of main agricultural products reached nearly 15 billion USD, up 7.4%; main forest products are estimated at over 11.8 billion USD, up 6.2%; seafood reached over 7.5 billion USD, up 35.3%; livestock production reached 258.6 million USD, down 12.2%; production input reached nearly 1.7 billion USD, up 48.2%.
In the first eight months of 2022, there are 07 products/product groups with export value of over USD 2 billion, including: coffee, rubber, rice, vegetables, cashew, shrimp, wood products. Many items achieved higher export value than the same period last year, such as: Coffee with over 2.8 billion USD (up 40.3%); rubber reached over USD 2.0 billion (up 8.1%); rice reached over 2.3 billion USD (up 8.1%); pepper reached about 712 million USD (up 8.2%); cassava and cassava products reached USD 941 million (up 22.5%); pangasius reached over 1.7 billion USD (up 82.6%); shrimp reached nearly 3.0 billion USD (up 22.0%); wood and wood products reached over 11.0 billion USD (up 6.5%); rattan, bamboo and sedge mats reached USD 592 million (up 1.8%); fertilizers of all kinds reached USD 780 million (up 163.6 %); animal feed and raw materials reached USD 770 million (up 10.3%).
In addition, there are products with a decrease in export turnover, including: Vegetables and fruits with nearly 2.2 billion USD (down 13.9%); cashew nuts reached nearly 2.1 billion USD (down 10.4%); livestock products reached USD 258.6 million (down 12.3%). Notably, although the export value of wood and wood products increased by 6.5%, the export value of wood products decreased by 3.4% with a value of over $7.7 billion.
Regarding export markets, in the first 8 months of 2022, the United States continues to be the largest export market for agricultural, forestry and fishery products, reached nearly 9.6 billion USD (accounting for 26.4% market share). Second is the Chinese market with an export value of about 6.5 billion USD (accounting for 17.8% market share). The third is the Japanese market with an export value of over 2.7 billion USD (accounting for 7.4% market share). The fourth is the Korean market with an export value of over 1.7 billion USD (accounting for 4.7% market share).
In the opposite direction, in the first eight months of 2022, the import turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products is estimated at over US$29.9 billion, up 3.9% over the same period in 2021. In which, the import value of commodities main agricultural products were estimated at over 18.3 billion USD, up 1.1%; aquatic products was estimated at over 1.9 billion USD, up 37.5%; the main group of forest products is estimated at over $2.2 billion, up 3.6%; livestock products reached nearly 2.1 billion USD, down 10.8%; the production input group was estimated at nearly 5.4 billion USD, up 12.0%.
Regarding the import market, Asia accounted for 31.7% of the export market share to Vietnam, the second was the Americas with 25.5%, Oceania accounted for 5.9%, and Europe accounted for 4.2%. and Africa accounted for 3.6% market share. The United States, China, Argentina and are the 3 largest markets supplying agricultural, forestry and fishery products to Vietnam in the first eight months of 2022, with a market share in total import value estimated at 8, respectively. 52% (but import value decreased by 3.0%), 8.49% (+20.0%) and 8.34% +13.53%.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that from now until the end of the year, the Ministry will continue to focus on completing negotiations to open the market for products including: longan exported to Japan; continue negotiating passion fruit and coconut products for export to the United States; pomelo exported to Korea; passion fruit exports to Australia; Citrus trees exported to New Zealand. Implementation of the Durian Protocol and the provisional guidance for passion fruit exports to China; standardize regulations related to traditional fresh fruits exported to the Chinese market.
At the same time, guide people and businesses to strictly comply with regulations on labels, traceability, instructions on planting areas, testing, quarantine, packaging specifications, quality and types of agricultural products. property; register the packing base code, business code….
Actively prepare well technical documents, actively negotiate to open the market for official export agricultural products into large and potential markets; resolving arising technical barriers to create favorable conditions for export….
According to Nguyen Hanh – congthuong.vn
