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Việt Nam strives for $4 billion in cashew exports next year

Việt Nam strives for $4 billion in cashew exports next year
Author: VNS
Publish date: Thursday. February 20th, 2020

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s cashew sector aims to earn US$4 billion in export turnover in 2020.

Cashew nuts being processing at a Nguyên Thông Co's factory in Phú Yên Province. By the end of November, Vietnamese businesses had shipped more than 418,000 tonnes of cashew abroad for almost $3 billion, while this year’s targets are 450,000 tonnes and $3.5 billion.VNA/VNS Photo Vũ SInh

According to the Việt Nam Cashew Association (Vinacas), the sector will focus on deep processing, improving quality and diversifying products towards realising the goal.

In 2019, the sector imported over 1.5 million tonnes of raw materials, mostly from Africa, to meet its processing and production demand.

Mergers and acquisitions have also taken place this year with more and more large-scale enterprises operating in the industry, the association said.

By the end of November, Vietnamese businesses had shipped more than 418,000 tonnes of cashew abroad for almost $3 billion, while this year’s targets are 450,000 tonnes and $3.5 billion.

The US is still the biggest importer of Vietnamese cashew nuts, followed by China and the Netherlands.

Data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shows that the agriculture sector enjoyed a trade surplus of $8.8 billion in the first 11 months. 

The country earned $37.3 billion from the export of farm produce and forestry and aquatic products during the period, a year-on-year increase of 3.6 per cent. Meanwhile, $28.5 billion was spent on agro-forestry-fishery imports, down 1 per cent.

China remained the largest buyer of agricultural products from Việt Nam, accounting for 27 per cent of total exports, followed by the US, the EU, ASEAN and Japan.


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