Export goods spotlights 2017Vietnam's agricultural, forestry, and fisheries (AFF) exports have seen spectacular performance in certain product categories and markets, such as processed chicken exported to Japan or dragon fruit to Australia, but some difficulties remain in need of attention from management agencies. Export value of AFF products hit $36.37 billion, up 13 per cent compared to 2016 and surpassed the target of $32-33 billion.Notably, the export of fruits and vegetables exceeded rice and rubber to become the key goods for export. The growth of fruits and vegetables export is the highest in 2017. It is also the first time the export of fishery products has surpassed $8 billion.After nine years of negotiations, Australia has approved to import Vietnamese dragon fruit in January. The export turnover of dragon fruit hit $895 million, making up 50.3 per cent of the fresh fruit export turnover.Since June 2017, Vietnamese chicken can be exported to Japan.

Source: VietNamNet News January 01, 2018 11:48 UTC