In the period, the country’s imports of animal feed and materials from several markets increased sharply. The imports from Italy reached over $ 60 million, up by 808.86 per cent year – on – year; from Canada – over $ 67 million, up by 534.34 per cent; from Chile – over $ 9 million, up by 86.24 per cent; and from India – over $ 130 million, up by 79.2 per cent.

In the first 11 months of this year, Argentina was the country’s biggest import markets of animal feed and materials with the imports value of $ 83 million in November and over $ 1.4 billion in the first 11 months of this year. It was followed by the U.S with over $ 38 million in November and over $ 234 million in the first 11 months; and then Brazil with over $ 26 million in November and over $ 135 million in the first 11 months.

Besides, the imports from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand also reached $ 146 million; $ 130 million; $ 94 million; $ 75 million and $ 70 million, respectively.

 

Vietnam also imported materials for producing animal feed and materials, including wheat, corn, soybean and oil and grease.

 

Wheat: Vietnam’s imports of wheat reached 260,000 tons worth of $ 61 million in November and 4.3 million tons worth of $ 918 million in the first 11 months of this year, down by 3.69 per cent in quantity and 3.24 per cent in value over the same period last year. The main import markets of wheat in the first 11 months of this year were Australia – accounted for 46 per cent of the total; Canada – 21 per cent; Russia – 9 per cent; Brazil – 2 per cent and the U.S – 1 per cent.

In the first 11 months of this year, the country’s imports of wheat from Canada increased by 14 times in quantity and over 10 times in value over the same period last year, while the imports from the U.S and Brazil decreased by nearly 69 per cent and 83 per cent, respectively.

Soybean: Vietnam’s imports of soybean were estimated at 95,000 tons worth of $ 42 million in November and 1.4 million tons worth of $ 632 million in the first 11 months of this year, up by 9.86 per cent in quantity and 11.08 per cent in value over the same period of 2016.

Corn: The country’s imports of corn were estimated at 792,000 tons worth of $ 149 million in November and 7.2 million tons worth of $ 1.4 billion in the first 11 months of this year, down by 2.92 per cent in quantity and 4.47 per cent in value over the same period of 2016. Argentina and Brazil were leading the list of corn import markets in the period with 53 per cent and 28 per cent of the market share, respectively. Especially, the country’s imports of corn from Thailand increased sharply by 11 times in quantity and 2 times in value compared with the same period of 2016.