Export values drop by 4.8%
29 August 2015
HA NOI (VNS)— The agro, fishery and forestry export value, in the first eight months of 2015, fell by 4.8 per cent over the same period last year to US$19.31 billion.
The figure includes $2.38 billion earned in August, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported on Thursday.
During the first eight months of this year, the export value of farming products saw a year-on-year reduction of 7.7 per cent to $10.88 million, of which rice, rubber and coffee experienced the strongest falls in export value.