Vietnam notched up US$419.6 million from exporting 195,600 tons of tra and basa fish in the first four months of 2010, posting on-year rises of 11.2% in value and 19% in volume, the Vietnam General Department of Customs said. In Apr, the country exported 51,000 tons worth US$112.7 million, up 10.5% and 4.2%, respectively, from [...]
Vietnam harvested an estimated fisheries output of 1.448 million tons in the first four months of this year, making a slight rise of 4.95 from previous year, the General Statistics Office said. The total volume included 638,900 tons from aquaculture farms, up 5.3% and 809,100 tons from fishing vessels, up 4.6% from previous year. In [...]
Vietnam imported nearly US$5 billion worth of agricultural, forestry and fisheries materials in the first four months of this year, up 77% from a year earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development estimated. Unfavorable weather resulting in drought, disease and material shortage are the major reasons, the ministry explained, adding that the profuse dollar [...]