The country was estimated to ship some 300 billion USD worth of goods abroad during January – September, rising 16% against the same time last year. Several groups of products posting export revenue of more than 10 billion USD each included machines, equipment, tool and spare parts, telephones and components, computers, electronic products and components, textiles, wood and wooden products, vehicles and spare parts. According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, agro-forestry-aquatic product exports rose 21% to over 46 billion USD during the nine-month span, with the value of agricultural products accounting for the lion share of nearly 25 billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 28%. Economists held that with a view to ensuring stable economic growth, localities not affected by Typhoon Yagi are accelerating production in compensation for the difficulties that the typhoon-hit provinces are encountering./.