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Of the total shipments, 90.3 percent were raw products while the processed ones only accounted for 9.7 percent.

Vietnam earned some 3.3 billion USD from vegetable and fruit exports during January-October.

China remained the largest market of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables. Vietnam shipped nearly 2.2 billion USD worth of the products to the neighboring country in the first nine months of the year, a year-on-year surge of 10.4 percent.

Strong growth was seen in the exports to Thailand (35 percent), Australia (31.6 percent), the US (30 percent), and the Republic of Korea (24.4 percent).

In October, Vietnam splashed out 134 million USD on purchasing foreign fruits and vegetables, raising the total import value of these products in the ten-month period to 1.43 billion USD, rising 13.1 percent against the same period last year.

The AgroTrade said that many fruit and veggie processing plants will be put into operation in the last months of 2018, helping Vietnam improve its production capacity in order to realise its set goal of 4 billion USD in export revenue this year.

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Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports hit US$1.62 billion in five months

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Fruit, vegetable exports target 10 billion USD

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Seeking markets for lychee fruit

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High air freight costs hinder Vietnamese fruit exports

The shipping fee per kilogram of fruit can be three times higher than the price at farmer’s garden.

 

Source: VNA