Vietnam targets 60 – 62 bln USD from agro-forestry-fisheries export by 2030
Vietnam has set a goal of earning around 60-62 billion USD from agro-forestry-fisheries export by 2030 under a project recently approved by the Prime Minister.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has set a goal of earningaround 60-62 billion USD from agro-forestry-fisheries export by 2030 under aproject recently approved by the Prime Minister.
The project looks to fully and sustainably join the global supplychain of agro-forestry-fisheries, improve the quality and value of their exportto meet regulations of importers, and develop their trademarks in internationalmarkets.
Of the figure, 25 billion USD will be from major farm produce,16-17 billion USD from forestry products, 15 billion USD from aquatic products,3-4 billion USD from animal husbandry products, and nearly 2 billion USD fromothers.
Agro-forestry-fisheries export is expected to grow by some 6-8percent annually. About 40 percent of export will be national brands, 70percent have their origins traced, and around 60 percent of exports areprocessed and deeply processed ones.
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Processing cashew nuts for export (Photo: VNA) 
