Vietnam Jan-Oct rice exports at 6.1 mln tonnes, up 17.2% y/y: statistics office
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Reuters  October 28, 2022 | 07:43 pm PT
A farmer harvests rice in Bac Lieu Province in September 2022. Photo by VnExpress/An Minh
Vietnam's rice exports in the January-October period are estimated to have risen about 17.2% from a year earlier to 6.07 million tonnes, government data showed on Saturday.
Revenue from rice exports in the period is seen up 7.4% to $2.7 billion.
October rice exports from Vietnam, one of the world's leading shippers of the grain, likely totalled 700,000 tonnes, worth $334 million.