Mon. Nov 25th, 2024

Rubber exports hit $1.68b in first 9 months of 2013

HA NOI (VNS) — The country exported 100,000 tonnes of rubber this month, reaping a turnover of US$223 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s statistics.

The latest addition has brought the volume of exported rubber in the first nine months total to 710,000 tonnes, earning the country $1.68 billion. The exports, however, experienced yearly decrease of 1.2 per cent in volume and 17.8 per cent in value.

China and Malaysia remained the two biggest importers of Vietnamese rubber during the reviewed period. — VNS

By vivian