Top export products in five months

Wood and timber products, rice, coffee, cashew nuts and vegetables and fruits, each with a value of more than US$1 billion, are top export products in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Wood and timber product exports are estimated at US$2.9 billion in the first five months of this year, up 9.9% against the corresponding period last year.

Seafood exports reached US$618 million in May, bringing the total export revenue in five months to US$2.8 billion, up 10.4%.

Vietnam exported 105,000 tons of coffee in May to get US$233 million, bringing the total export quantity to 693,000 tons valuing at US$1.57 billion in five months, down 15.9% in volume but up 11% in value.

Vegetable and fruit exports hit US$344 million in May and US$1.38 billion in five months, up 38%.

Vietnam shipped 112,000 tons of cashew nut in five months to earn US$1.1 billion, down 9.5% in volume and up 12.8% in value.

Rice exports reached 538,000 tons with a value of US$245 million in May, bringing the total rice exports in five months to 2.3 million tons valuing US$1 billion, up 1.6% in volume and 1.2% in value.