Vietnam exported agricultural and forestry products worth 5.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 26 percent, local newspaper Vietnam Agriculture reported Thursday.
Between January and July, the country earned 3.7 billion dollars from exporting farm products and 1.5 billion dollars from forestry items, up 27 percent and 23 percent, respectively, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
In the period, main export items included coffee, reaching over 1.3 billion dollars, up 102.1 percent; cashew, 317 million dollars, up 18 percent; and pepper, 153 million dollars, up 17.6 percent.
Vietnam has targeted to ship abroad agricultural and forestry products worth 7.4 billion dollars this year. To this end, it is focusing on boosting production of items with big export advantages, establishing large-scale production zones attached to processing establishments and markets, and developing husbandry industry.
It is also focusing on building brands, registering product trademarks, improving quality, further tapping traditional markets such as China, the United States, Japan, and the European Union, while seeking new ones.
Vietnam exported nearly 7.2 billion dollars worth of agriculture and forestry products in 2006, up 19.7 percent over 2005.
Source: Xinhua
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