Exports of fruits and vegetables totaled nearly US$2.7 billion in eight months
Thursday, October 4,2018AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam’s exports of fruits and vegetables increased 14.7 per cent year – on – year in the first eight months of this year to US$2.69 billion, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.
China was the country’s leading export market of fruits and vegetables in the first eight months of this year with $1.99 billion, up by 11.6 per cent over the same period last year and accounted for over 74 per cent of the total.
Meanwhile, the exports of fruits and vegetables to the South East Asian market reached $99.1 million, up by 16.6 per cent; to the U.S - $86.99 million, up by 26.3 per cent; to South Korea - $76.96 million, up by 21.4 per cent; to the EU - $74.65 million, up by 6.4 per cent; and to Japan - $74.32 million, down by 7.4 per cent.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnam’s exports of fruits and vegetables to Cambodia rocketed by 401.8 per cent to $2.16 million; to Kuwait – up by 94.3 per cent to $2.29 million; to France – up by 43.5 per cent to $15.35 million; to Thailand – up by 38 per cent to $34.62 million; to Australia – up by 36 per cent to $23.18 million; and to Canada – up by 26.4 per cent to $14.48 million.
However, the exports of fruits and vegetables to Indonesia fell by 82.9 per cent to $0.52 million; to Ukraine – down by 26 per cent to $0.65 million; and to Taiwan – down by 12.6 per cent to $25.49 million.
Vietnam’s exports of fruits and vegetables in the first eight months of 2018 - Unit: US$ - source: VITIC – according to the figures of the General Department of Customs
Market
|
August of 2018
|
August of 2018 vs. July of 2018 (%)
|
First 8 months of 2018
|
First 8 months of 2018 vs. same period of 2017 (%)
|
Total
|
362,835,835
|
5.08
|
2,691,102,797
|
14.66
|
China
|
272,880,588
|
6.63
|
1,994,100,033
|
11.58
|
The U.S
|
12,808,951
|
4.97
|
86,988,460
|
26.27
|
South Korea
|
9,097,724
|
-7.99
|
76,955,528
|
21.38
|
Japan
|
8,502,074
|
-2.42
|
74,317,947
|
-7.43
|
The Netherlands
|
5,717,815
|
5.06
|
41,425,839
|
-3.43
|
Malaysia
|
4,714,308
|
7.17
|
36,463,157
|
13.34
|
Thailand
|
1,852,760
|
-17.25
|
34,618,554
|
37.95
|
The U.A.E
|
3,260,680
|
34.74
|
26,788,221
|
14.9
|
Taiwan (CN)
|
4,268,405
|
22.68
|
25,493,617
|
-12.57
|
Australia
|
6,003,168
|
87.35
|
23,179,343
|
36.04
|
Russia
|
2,096,555
|
1.43
|
21,785,030
|
2.81
|
Singapore
|
2,236,624
|
13.65
|
19,249,313
|
2.51
|
France
|
1,554,915
|
-21.02
|
15,345,191
|
43.47
|
Canada
|
1,752,826
|
-3.92
|
14,477,949
|
26.44
|
Hong Kong (CN)
|
1,779,787
|
8.75
|
13,547,120
|
4.32
|
Germany
|
1,380,401
|
-1.09
|
10,329,614
|
20.18
|
Laos
|
816,387
|
50.33
|
6,090,100
|
11.77
|
Britain
|
533,131
|
-36.77
|
4,087,754
|
-5.8
|
Italy
|
590,923
|
-24.28
|
3,459,787
|
-4.23
|
Kuwait
|
1,054,563
|
1.036.03
|
2,285,221
|
94.31
|
Cambodia
|
68,401
|
-15.03
|
2,157,903
|
401.76
|
Ukraine
|
90,910
|
-3.03
|
647,651
|
-26.05
|
Indonesia
|
116,699
|
1.01
|
520,013
|
-82.88
|
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