Fruit, vegetable exports bounce back in Q1

Following a year of negative growth, the export of fruit and vegetables reeled in about US$ 944 million in the first quarter of 2021, up 6.1% from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

China remained the biggest export market, spending US$ 352.83 million buying vegetables and fruit from Vietnam during January-February. The figure made up 62.5% of Vietnam’s total export value of the sector and represented an annual increase of 17.5%.

Fruit, vegetable exports bounce back in Q1.

In March alone, Vietnam shipped fruit and vegetables overseas to a value of approximately US$ 380 million, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year.

The country expects to gain US$ 8 million – US$10 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables, with revenue from processed products accounting for at least 30% of the total by 2030.

Vietnam targets $10 bln worth of fruit, vegetable exports

A fruit and vegetable sector development plan approved by the government seeks to increase exports to $8-10 billion by 2030.

 

Garment exports to Eurasian Economic Union might have exceeded quota

Some textile and garment items which are entitled to preferential tariffs in the Eurasian Economic Union under a bilateral free trade agreement exceeded the quota last year.

 

Bac Giang exports 3.5 tonnes of Chu noodles to Japan

(BGO) - The Trai Lam Thuan Huong Chu Noodle Cooperative in Nam Duong Commune, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province said it has just signed a contract with the Saigon Food Import and Export Joint Stock Company to sell 3.5 tonnes of vegetable, tuber and fruit Chu noodles for export to Japan.

 

Two more dairy firms licensed to export to China

The Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC) has recently announced to grant transaction codes to two Vietnamese companies to ship dairy products to China, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department of Asia-Africa Markets.

 

Vietnam’s fishery exports aim to be among world’s top three by 2045

Vietnam has set the target of becoming one of the world’s three leading fishery exporting countries by 2045, according to the Vietnam’s Fishery Development Strategy until 2030, with a vision to 2045, as recently approved by the Prime Minister.

 

Source: NDO