In order to achieve the goal, businesses should focus on promoting deep processing and increasing added value, while at the same time proactively seizing opportunities from changes in the market due to the impact of Covid-19 translation. High growth forecast Looking through the whole year 2020, shrimp exports achieved very encouraging results. According to Tran Cong Thang - Director of Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD), compared to rival countries in 2020, Vietnam had an advantage due to better control over the Covid-19 epidemic. The main consuming markets such as the US, the European Union (EU), and China gave priority to buying shrimp from Vietnam. While major shrimp producing countries such as India, Ecuador, and Thailand, etc. all suffer from the negative impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, such as stagnated production and transport of goods, the decrease in shrimp prices is leading to a decrease in shrimp production. In … [Read more...] about Shrimp exports set target of US$ 4.4 billion in 2021
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Agriculture minister views export target of 44 bln USD as feasible
Workers process soya bean for export at a factory of the An Giang Fruit - Vegetables & Foodstuff JSC (Antesco) in An Giang province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The agriculture sector’s export target of 44 billion USD this year, set by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, is a high but feasible goal, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has said. He told the Dien dan Doanh nghiep (Business Forum) newspaper in a recent interview that 2020 was a year full of challenges and difficulties for Vietnam’s economy, including the agriculture sector, due to the COVID-19 crisis. The sector also had to face natural disasters, including unprecedented drought. The growth and trade targets for the sector last year were also the highest ever, with exports set at over 41 billion USD. However, Cuong noted, thanks to the efforts of the entire political system, ministries, sectors, localities, and economic elements, the agricultural sector managed to secure growth of … [Read more...] about Agriculture minister views export target of 44 bln USD as feasible
Bright signs from textile and apparel export
Apparel exports have been showing signs of a rebound since the end of the third quarter last year Recent figures by the Vietnam General Department of Customs show that as of February 15, Vietnam raked in $3.77 billion from textile and apparel exports, up $270 million compared to the same period in 2020. Le Tien Truong, deputy chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (Vitas) and chairman of state-run group Vinatex noted that with the COVID-19 situation still intense and consumption declining in Vietnam’s major export markets like the US, EU, and Japan, many local firms have adopted smartly by shifting to producing items for common use with reasonable price tags. “In fact, the textile and clothing sector has been trending in this direction from the second half of last year, helping to ensure continuous work for labourers with stable order placement. This helped the sector to reach an export turnover of $35.2 billion last year, which, albeit lower than in 2019, … [Read more...] about Bright signs from textile and apparel export
Agricultural, forestry, fisheries exports up sharply in January
Processing tra fish for export (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s exports of agricultural, forestry, and fisheries products grew 27.1 percent year-on-year to 3.49 billion USD in January. Rubber was the best performer in the opening month of the year, following on from its uptrend last year and totalling 200,000 tonnes worth 321 million USD, increases of 2.2-fold and 2.4-fold, respectively, year-on-year. Shipments of key forestry products totalled 1.33 billion USD, up 47.8 percent year-on-year. Exports of wood and timber products alone reached 1.25 billion USD, up 48.4 percent. Fisheries exports rose 19.6 percent to about 600 million USD, following repeated declines last year, especially after the outset of COVID-19. Prawn exports experienced the highest growth last year among all fisheries items, up 11 percent to 3.7 billion USD. Several major export earners, meanwhile, declined in January, including rice, fruit and vegetables, coffee, and pepper. The country exported … [Read more...] about Agricultural, forestry, fisheries exports up sharply in January
Vietnam sets sights on US$60 bln agro-forestry-fishery export target by 2030
The Prime Minister has approved a scheme aiming to increase Vietnam’s agro-forestry and fishery export value to between US$ 60-62 billion by 2030. Coffee is one of Vietnam's hard currency earners.(Illustrative image) The overall goal of the scheme up to 2030 is to boost agro-forestry-fishery exports, comprehensively and sustainably penetrate the global agro-forestry-fishery supply chain, and improve the quality and value of these export products to meet import markets’ requirements. In addition, Vietnam will continue to position and develop brands for its agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the international market. Under the scheme, Vietnam aims to earn between US$60-62 billion from agro-forestry-fishery exports, of which US$25 billion will be generated from the group of key agricultural products, US$16-17 billion from forestry products, US$15 billion from seafood, US$3-4 billion from livestock products, and about US$2 billion from other … [Read more...] about Vietnam sets sights on US$60 bln agro-forestry-fishery export target by 2030