In the first four month of this year, Vietnam shipped 2.06 million tonnes of rice abroad and raked in US$916 million, up 11.8% in volume and 13.8% in value.Meanwhile, cashew nut brought in home US$689 million from the shipment of 91,000 tonnes, a respective increase of 14.6% and 7.1%.The average export price of coffee dropped 18.3% year-on-year. However, the export value of coffee in the period rose 18.2% to reach US$ 1.16 billion due to the fact that the coffee export volume recorded a sharp increase of 44.6% to reach 681,000 tonnes.Germany and the US remain the biggest coffee importers for Vietnam .The pepper exporters earned US$569 million from shipping abroad 70,000 tonnes of products, up 28.3% in terms of volume but down 14.6% in value.The country also shipped 318,000 tonnes of rubber abroad and earned US$376 million, up 29% in volume and 6.6% in value.In stark contrast, the volume of cassava exports decreased by 8% to 1.76 million tonnes, compared to the same period in 2015. As such, its revenue was down 23% to US$447 million.Tea exports saw a decline of 3% in volume to reach 32,000 tonnes, generating US$47 million, down 12.2%. Exports of key forestry products reached US$2.25 billion, a yearly rise of 4.3%.The value of aquatic exports in the first four month was calculated at nearly US$1.97 billion, rising 6.3% from the same period last year. The US , Japan, China and the Republic of Korea remained Vietnam ’s largest seafood consumption markets, accounting for 51.47% of the market share.
