(VOVWORLD) - Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the export value of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products during the opening seven months of the year reached 28.6 billion USD, an annual rise of 26.7%, according to the Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development.
 July alone saw farm produce exports rise 26.7% to 4.2 billion USD year on year but fall 9.5% against last June.
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July alone saw farm produce exports rise 26.7% to 4.2 billion USD year on year but fall 9.5% against last June.
Among the export items, rubber, cashew nuts, cassava, and cassava products all increased in both export volume and value. Typically, rubber recorded the strongest level of growth in terms of both volume and value, at 33.6% and 73.6%, respectively.
The three major markets for Vietnamese farm produce in the reviewed period were the United States, China, and Japan, with all of these markets maintaining positive growth.
Most notably, the export turnover to the US, the largest market over the seven-month period, was at 8.2 billion USD, thereby making up 29% of the total export turnover.