In January, the country’s imports of animal feed and materials from Brazil reached $ 27 million, rocketed by 801.41 per cent; while the imports from Mexico reached 576,000, up by 420.26 per cent; Belgium – nearly $ 4 million, up by 228.79 per cent; and Germany – nearly $ 2 million, up by 222.37 per cent.

Argentina was the country’s biggest import market of animal feed and materials in January with $ 128 million, up by 48.48 per cent over the previous month and by 30.83 per cent over the same month of last year. It was followed by the U.S with over $ 35 million, up by 15.52 per cent month – on – month and down by 43.03 per cent year – on – year.

The other leading import markets of animal feed and materials were India, Brazil, China, Indonesia, Thailand and the U.A.E with the import value of $ 33 million; $ 27 million; $ 25 million; $ 13 million; $ 6.7 million; and $ 6.4 million.

Market	January of 2017	December of 2017	January of 2018	January of 2018 vs. December of 2017 (%)	January of 2018 vs. January of 2017 (%)
Total	258,726	227,576	336,864	48.0	30.2
Argentina	97,982	86,334	128,186	48.5	30.8
India	11,940	14,309	33,688	135.4	182.1
The U.K		60	134	121.7
Austria	8,193	577	583	1.0	-92.9
Belgium	1,193	3,089	3,924	27.0	228.8
Brazil	3,068	5,749	27,656	381.0	801.4
The U.A.E	5,492	4,606	6,438	39.8	17.2
Canada	827	1,059	1,874	76.9	126.6
Chile	820	462	216	-53.3	-73.6
Taiwan	4,533	6,526	6,279	-3.8	38.5
Germany	541	329	1,744	430.0	222.4
The Netherlands	3,208	1,750	1,473	-15.8	-54.1
South Korea	2,113	4,147	3,625	-12.6	71.5
The U.S	61,614	30,382	35,099	15.5	-43.0
Indonesia	8,682	9,723	13,225	36.0	52.3
Italy	4,369	4,593	4,140	-9.9	-5.3
Malaysia	1,971	1,657	3,678	122.0	86.6
Mexico	110	150	576	283.9	420.3
Japan	397	90	29	-67.5	-92.6
Australia	1,322	2,423	1,738	-28.3	31.4
France	2,306	2,188	2,261	3.4	- 2
The Philippines	882	2,018	2,129	5.5	141.3
Singapore	1,050	1,636	1,274	-22.1	21.3
Spain	1,655	939	520	-44.7	-68.6
Thailand	6,236	6,024	6,700	11.2	7.4
China	11,266	16,644	25,529	53.4	126.6

Besides, Vietnam also imported wheat, corn, soybean, oil and grease as materials to produce animal feed

Wheat: Vietnam imported 727,000 tons of wheat worth of $ 171 million in January of this year, increased sharply by 218.5 per cent in quantity and 255 per cent in value compared with the same month of 2017. The leading import markets of wheat in January were Russia – accounted for 49 per cent; Australia – 24%; Canada – 14 per cent; Brazil – 4% and the U.S – 9%.

Soybean: The imports of soybean were at 42,000 tons worth of $ 19 million, down by 55.1 per cent in quantity and 54.65 per cent in value compared with the same month of 2017.

Corn: The imports of corn were estimated at 959,000 tons worth of $ 179 million, up by 62.46 per cent in quantity and 54.85 per cent in value compared with January of 2017.

Argentina and Brazil were the two leading import markets in January with the market shares of 63 per cent and 36 per cent, respectively. Especially, the imports of corn from Thailand increased by 1.5 times in quantity and 2 times in value year – on – year in January.