According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the decline is encouraging, considering the difficult situation of the sector this year. Specifically, the decline in rice prices caused the total value of rice exports to reduce by 3 percent, despite an almost 6 percent increase in volume.
Similarly, rubber exports saw a rise of 6.1 percent in volume and a decline of 14.4 percent in value. Seafood exports saw the sharpest decline - 16.5 percent in value, equal to 1.4 billion USD. Meanwhile, some other export products saw an increase such as timber, casava, and pepper. Especially, vegetable exports grew 47 percent in value to reach 2.2 billion US dollars./.
