Exports reached over 44.9 billion USD, up 14.1%, whileimports were estimated at about 37.2 billion USD, up 5.8%. Thus, the trade surplus of agriculture, forestry and fishery reached US$7.7 billion, up 83.7%.
According to the MARD, in the ten-month period, the export value of key agricultural products reached US$18.8 billion, an increase of 7.2% over the same period in 2021.
Meanwhile, key forestry products posted export revenue of US$14.4 billion, an annual increase of 10.7% over the same period last year, and fishery products reported export revenue of US$9.4 billion, up 32.7%.
Since the beginning of the year, eight products and groups of products have recorded export value of over 2 billion USD: coffee, rubber, rice, vegetables, cashew, shrimp, tra fish (pangasius), and wood products.
Many items achieved higher export value than the same period last year, such as: coffee, nearly 3.3 billion USD, up 33.4%; rubber, 2.8 billion USD, up 11.2%; rice, over 2.9 billion USD, up 7.4%; pepper, 829 million USD, up 4.7%; cassava and cassava products, 1.1 billion USD, up 16.5%; pangasius, over 2.1 billion USD, up 76.5%; shrimp, 3.8 billion USD, up 20.3%; and more.
However, a number of items have seen reduced export value, such as fruits and vegetables at nearly 2.8 billion USD, down 6.5%; cashew nuts at nearly 2.6 billion USD, down 15.3%; and livestock products at 326.9 million, down 8.7%.
Regarding the export market in the 10-month period, markets in Asia accounted for 44.1% of the market share, with America at 27.9%, Europe at 11.5%, Oceania at1.7%, and Africa at 1.7%.
