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Vietnam set a new record in rice export revenue in the first nine months of 2023 thanks to the increasing price of exported rice, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The country earned USD 3.66 billion from exporting rice in the period, up 40.4 percent year-on-year, the ministry has reported.
The result was attributed to the increasing price of Vietnamese export rice, and the decreasing rice supplies in many markets during the reviewed period, it said.
Vietnam’s average price of exported rice in the first three quarters reached USD 553 per ton, a 14 percent increase over the same period in the previous year.
The Philippines was the largest buyer of Vietnamese rice products in the first eight months, accounting for 40.3 percent of the total rice export. China and Indonesia ranked second and third, accounting for 13.5 percent and 12.4 percent, respectively.
Additionally, positive growth in rice exports has been also recorded in countries in the European Union, such as Poland, the Netherlands, Spain, and Belgium, and African nations such as Ghana and Angola.
According to Vice General Director of the Export-Import Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Thanh Hai, the price of exported rice is expected to remain high until the end of this year due to the continued demand for rice imports in major consuming markets such as the Philippines, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Africa. This is coupled with the limited supply of rice from leading rice exporter like India and Pakistan.
President of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) Nguyen Ngoc Nam stressed that there is ample room for rice exports to grow, especially as the Philippines needs to import an additional 1.1 million ton, while Indonesia plans to buy 2.3 million ton by the end of the year.
China’s demand for rice imports is also forecast to increase in the remaining months of the year, Nam said.
Rice exporters are advised to have appropriate strategies to ensure the ability to meet exports.- (VNA/VLLF)
