Vietnam Jan-Aug rice exports up 23% at 5.9 million tons
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Reuters  August 28, 2023 | 11:25 pm PT
Farmers harvest rice in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh
Vietnam’s rice exports in the January-August period are estimated to have risen about 23% from a year earlier to 5.9 million metric tons, government data showed on Tuesday.
Revenue from rice exports in the period is seen up 37.3% at $3.2 billion.
August rice exports from Vietnam, one of the world’s leading shippers of the grain, were estimated at one million metric tons, worth $582 million.