Vietnam pockets us$2 billion from rice export so far this year

Vietnam exported 387,186 tonnes of rice, worth US$185.5 million in the first three weeks of July

Vietnam exported 387,186 tonnes of rice, worth US$185.5 million in the first three weeks of July, pushing the total export volume to 4.3 million tonnes and a value to US$2 billion so far this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) on Monday.

According to Xinhua news agency the country’s major rice importers included Asian countries, who accounted for nearly 54 percent of the total rice exports, followed by Africa with 31 percent and America with 12.2 percent.

Vietnam expects to export more than seven million tonnes of rice in 2011, over 6.8 million tonnes in 2010, VFA reported. – Bernama

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