Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery sector enjoys trade surplus in 10 months

HANOI, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) — Vietnam posted a trade surplus of 15.21 billion U.S. dollars in the agro-forestry-fishery sector in the first 10 months of this year, surging 62.2 percent year-on-year, Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The sector earned 51.74 billion dollars from exports, while imports reached 36.53 billion dollars.
Among the sectors, the forestry enjoyed the highest trade surplus with 11.75 billion dollars, up 18.8 percent year on year.
Asia remained the largest importer of Vietnamese agro-forestry-aquatic products during the cited period, according to the ministry. ■