Vietnam's coffee exports in the first three months of the year are estimated to have fallen 17% from a year earlier to 428,000 tonnes, while rice exports are seen down 30.4%, government data released on Monday showed.
A man checks roasted coffee beans at a factory in Hanoi, Vietnam
Coffee
Coffee exports from Vietnam are estimated to have fallen 17% in the first three months of this year from a year earlier to 428,000 tonnes, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on Monday.
Coffee export revenue for Vietnam, the world's biggest producer of the robusta bean, is seen down 11.3% to $771 million in Q1.
The country's coffee shipments in March are estimated at 145,000 tonnes, valued at $275 million.
Rice
Rice exports in January-March are estimated to have decreased 30.4% from a year earlier to 1.1 million tonnes.
Revenue from rice exports in the period is expected to show a fall of 17.4% to $606 million.
March rice exports from Vietnam likely totaled 450,000 tonnes, worth $246 million.
Energy
Vietnam's January-March crude oil exports were seen decreasing 33.6% from the same period last year to an estimated 849,000 tonnes.
Crude oil export revenue in January to March is expected to fall 21.6% from a year earlier to $384 million.
Oil product imports in the first quarter were estimated at 1.859 million tonnes, down 48.9% from the same period last year, while the value of product imports decreased 50.5% to $772 million.
The GSO trade data is subject to revision next month.
Source: tuoitrenews
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