Laos earns US$870mil from agricultural exports

Farmers are severely hampered by steep rises in production costs. -VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Laos earned more than US$870 million from the export of agricultural produce over the past six months of this year, equalling 72.57 per cent of the target for the whole of 2022, a senior government official has said.

The main farm products exported were bananas, rubber, cassava, sugarcane, cattle and buffaloes, with China being the largest purchaser.