Hanoi (VNA) – Vegetable and fruit export revenue is hopedto hit a new record of 3.6 billion USD in 2017, with bumper crops forecast forthe rest of the year.
As of September 15, exports of the products hit 2.49 billion USD, up 46.7percent from the same period last year, faster growth than the country’s overallexport growth.
Last year, vegetable and fruits ranked 14th out of 24products with export revenue of over 1 billion USD, above crude oil, rice,plastics and steel.
Currently, Vietnam has about 820,000 hectares of fruit farms, including92,000 hectares of rambutan, 86,000 hectares of citrus fruit trees, 84,000hectares of mango, 73,000 hectares of longan and 1,000 hectares of grape farms.
Output of longan this year is forecast to reach 512,000 tonnes, whilethat of citrus fruits is 741,000 tonnes, rabutan 721,000 tonnes and mango702,000 tonnes.
Thanks to agricultural reform and the development of agriculturaltechnology, the production of fruits is rising.
In the first eight months of this year, Vietnamese fruits were sold in14 foreign markets with leading ones including China, Japan, the US, theRepublic of Korea, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Thailand.-VNA
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Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) 
