The import of cattle feed continued to increase in June as the value reached US$350 million. Major foreign markets providing animal feed and materials to Vietnam in June were Argentina, Brazil, the US, China and India.

During the six-month period, the country had to import cattle feed and material worth more than US$651 million from the Argentine market.

Notably, Vietnam also spent about US$67 million in importing these products from the US market, up 16.76% over the previous month, bringing the total import turnover for the first half of 2018 to more than US$321 million, an increase of 90.77% against the same period last year.

In addition, Vietnam spent US$287 million on cattle feed from Brazil, US$18 million on imports from Belgium and US$24 million on the Republic of Korea’s in the reviewed period, up 51.21% on last year’s corresponding period.