AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam's agricultural, forestry and fishery exports are accelerating strongly, with a total turnover reaching nearly 40 billion USD after 7 months - an increase of nearly 15% over the same period last year.

The industry's trade surplus increased by nearly 16%, showing a clear recovery of key product groups, from agricultural products to aquatic and forestry products.
Aquatic product exports reached more than 6 billion USD after 7 months, continuing to be an important pillar in agricultural, forestry and fishery export turnover.
In the first 7 months of 2025, Vietnam's agricultural, forestry and fishery export turnover reached 39.68 billion USD, an increase of 14.7% over the same period in 2024 - according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. This is a positive increase, showing the clear contribution of the industry to economic growth.
In particular, the trade surplus of the whole industry also reached 11.52 billion USD, an increase of 15.9% compared to the first 7 months of 2024, showing outstanding efficiency in trade balance. In July of 2025 alone, the export turnover was estimated at 6.01 billion USD, an increase of 13.4% compared to the same period of 2024.
In the general picture, the agricultural products group continued to play a key role with an estimated export value of 21.49 billion USD, an increase of 17%. Notably, although livestock products accounted for a smaller proportion, they achieved the highest growth rate, reaching 22.1% with 339.2 million USD. Other key product groups such as forestry products reaching 10.38 billion USD (up by 8.6%) and aquatic products reaching 6.06 billion USD (up by 13.8%) also showed stable and positive growth.
In terms of export markets, Asia remains the largest destination for Vietnamese agricultural, forestry and fishery products, accounting for 42.6% of the total value. However, strong growth comes from other potential markets. Europe emerged with a spectacular export value growth of 43.1% over the same period, although its overall market share was still modest (15.1%). Africa also recorded an impressive growth rate of 88.9%. The United States (accounting for 21%), China (18.4%) and Japan (7.2%) continued to be the three largest import partners. Of these, exports to Japan increased sharply by 23.6%, while those to the United States increased by 12.1%. Many key agricultural products have performed well. Coffee was the brightest spot with an export value of 6 billion USD, a surge of 65.1% over the same period, although the volume increased by only 7.6%. This success was mainly due to an average export price increase of more than 53%.
In particular, the Mexican market witnessed an 88-fold increase in Vietnam's coffee export value. Similarly, items such as rubber (value increased by 13.9%), cashew nuts (up by 17.4%), and pepper (up by nearly 30%) all recorded significant growth in value thanks to the increase in average export price, although export volume tended to decrease slightly or increase slightly. For example, pepper exports to the UK doubled.
However, not all items were favorable. Rice was a notable case when the export value reached 2.81 billion USD, but decreased sharply by 15.9% compared to the same period, although the export volume increased by 3.1%. The main reason was that rice prices decreased by 18.4%.
However, rice exports to Ivory Coast still nearly doubled. For fruits and vegetables, the total export value increased slightly by 0.9%, reaching 3.92 billion USD. Although China is the largest market, the export value to this market decreased by 24.3%. In contrast, fruit and vegetable exports to the United States increased by 65.5%.
Regarding the trade balance, Vietnam's agriculture, forestry and fishery sector continued to maintain an impressive surplus. Wood and wood products were still the items with the largest trade surplus, reaching 7.7 billion USD, up by 4.1%. Coffee ranked second with a surplus of 5.78 billion USD, up by 66%. Shrimp and pangasius also contributed positively to the trade surplus with surpluses increasing by 16.3% and 8.3%, respectively.
On the contrary, some items recorded a trade deficit, the most significant of which were animal feed and raw materials with 1.89 billion USD and cotton of all kinds with 1.88 billion USD.
Impressive figures in the first 7 months of 2025 show that Vietnam's agriculture, forestry and fishery sector is on the path of strong development, not only contributing greatly to export turnover but also maintaining a sustainable trade surplus, creating an important driving force for the economy.
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Source: VITIC/ haiquanonline.com.vn