Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery sector enjoys trade surplus in 10 months

HANOI (Xinhua): Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$15.21 billion in the agro-forestry-fishery sector in the first 10 months of this year, surging 62.2 per cent year-on-year, Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The sector earned 51.74 billion dollars from exports, while imports reached US$36.53 billion.

Among the sectors, the forestry enjoyed the highest trade surplus with US$11.75 billion, up 18.8 per cent year on year.

Asia remained the largest importer of Vietnamese agro-forestry-aquatic products during the cited period, according to the ministry. - XInhua