Vegetable, fruit exports up 13% in Q1

Vegetable, fruit exports up 13% in Q1

VGP – Viet Nam earned US$274 million from exporting vegetables and fruits in the first quarter of 2015, a year-on-year increase of 13%, according to the Southern Horticultural Research Institute.

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The nation’s vegetables and fruits exports to such nations as the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong saw sharply increases of 100%, 300% and 230%, respectively.

Meanwhile, the imports turnover of vegetables and fruits only attained US$53.3 million, down 42% compared to the same period last year.

This led to a trade surplus of US$220 million for the vegetable and fruit sector in the first quarter of 2015. The sector expects to earn US$2 billion from exports this year.

By Thuy Dung

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