Vietnam’s agro-forestry-fishery exports in the first eight months of2014 climbed 11.9 percent from a year earlier to 20.22 billion USD, saidthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

In August alone, the sector brought home 2.47 billion USD.

Overthe eight-month period, Vietnam sold 9.49 billion USD worth of farmproduce, up 5.7 percent yearly, while earning 4.06 billion USD fromforestry products, rising by 12.5 percent.

Notably, it saw aquatic export turnover leaping by 25.4 percent in value to 4.95 billion USD.

Coffee,pepper, cashew nuts, aquatic products, timber and wood productsdestined for other countries maintained their growth in both volume andvalue.

In particular, coffee brought home 2.5 billion USD from1.22 million tonnes, representing respective year-on-year increases of22.3 percent and 26.8 percent.

Timber and wooden products raked in 3.87 billion USD, growing by 12.7 percent.

However,observable falls were recorded in the shipment of some commodities,such as rubber (down 9.8 percent in volume and 31.9 percent in valueannually), and tea (down 6.9 percent in volume and 1.4 percent invalue).

The export of rice continued downward trend since theyear’s beginning as it dropped 9 percent in volume and 5.3 percent invalue during the period.

The MARD set a target of earning 28.5billion USD from agro-forestry-fishery exports this year, a year-on-yearrise of 3.63 percent.-VNA