Agricultural, forestry and fishery exports increased by 14.7% in 7 months

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment said that the export turnover of agriculture, forestry and fishery products in July 2025 is estimated at 6.01 billion USD, up 13.4% over the same period in 2024. In the first 7 months, the total export turnover of the whole industry reached 39.68 billion USD, up 14.7%. The trade surplus value of agriculture, forestry and fishery products reached 11.52 billion USD, up 15.9% over the same period last year.

Tạp chí Doanh Nghiệp•04/08/2025

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Harvesting coffee at the farm of Vietnam Coffee Corporation. Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA

In the commodity structure, agricultural products continued to lead with an estimated export value of 21.49 billion USD (up 17%), followed by forestry products reaching 10.38 billion USD (up 8.6%), aquatic products reaching 6.06 billion USD (up 13.8%), and livestock products reaching 339.2 million USD (up 22.1%).

Asia continues to be Vietnam's largest export market, accounting for 42.6% of the total value. America and Europe account for 23.3% and 15.1% respectively. Despite their smaller market shares, Africa and Oceania have strong growth rates, reaching 88.9% and 4.4% respectively. Notably, the export value to Europe increased by 43.1% over the same period.

In terms of specific markets, the three largest partners are the United States (accounting for 21% of market share), China (18.4%) and Japan (7.2%). Of these, exports to Japan increased sharply by 23.6%, the United States by 12.1% and China by 3.6%.

In the 7 months, many key products recorded positive growth. Vietnam exported 1.1 million tons of coffee, reaching 6 billion USD, up 7.6% in volume and 65.1% in value. The average export price reached 5,672 USD/ton, up more than 53%. Germany, Italy and Spain were the largest consumer markets. Notably, the value of coffee exports to Mexico increased 88 times.

Rubber exports reached 893,800 tons with a value of 1.61 billion USD, a slight decrease in volume but an increase of 13.9% in value thanks to an average export price increase of 16.3%. China continued to be the largest rubber consumer market with a 69.3% market share.

Cashew nut export volume reached more than 409,000 tons with a value of 2.79 billion USD, although down 3.3% in volume but up 17.4% in value, thanks to a 21.4% increase in export price. China, the United States and the Netherlands were the three main markets.

Similarly, pepper exports reached more than 145,000 tons, worth nearly 1 billion USD, down 11.6% in volume but up nearly 30% in value thanks to an average price increase of nearly 47%. Exports to the UK doubled, while those to the UAE decreased.

Regarding rice exports, although the export volume reached 5.5 million tons (up 3.1%), the export value of rice only reached 2.81 billion USD (down 15.9%) due to a sharp decrease in rice prices of 18.4% compared to the same period. The Philippines is the largest consumer market, accounting for 42.6% of the market share. Rice exports to Ivory Coast nearly doubled, while those to Malaysia decreased sharply.

Fruit and vegetable exports in the first seven months reached US$3.92 billion, a slight increase of 0.9%. China is the largest market, accounting for more than 52% of the market share, but export value decreased by 24.3%. Meanwhile, exports to the United States increased by 65.5%.

Vietnam's trade balance of agriculture, forestry and fishery in the first 7 months of 2025 is estimated to reach a surplus of 11.52 billion USD, up 15.9% over the same period last year. By commodity group, forestry, fishery and agricultural products are the 3 commodity groups with a trade balance in surplus. Specifically, the forestry group is estimated to reach a surplus of 8.39 billion USD, up 4.9% over the same period in 2024; the fishery group has a surplus of 4.18 billion USD, up 7.5%; and the agricultural group has a surplus of 4.28 billion USD, up 33.4%.

There are 6 agricultural, forestry and fishery products with a trade surplus of over 1 billion USD, including: wood and wood products with a surplus of 7.7 billion USD, up 4.1% over the same period last year; coffee 5.78 billion USD, up 66%; vegetables and fruits 2.47 billion USD, down 7.1%; shrimp 2.08 billion USD, up 16.3%; rice 1.81 billion USD, down 30%; tra fish 1.11 billion USD, up 8.3%.

However, there were also 5 items with a trade deficit, including: animal feed and raw materials with a deficit of 1.89 billion USD, down 17.2% over the same period last year; cotton of all kinds 1.88 billion USD, up 10.1%; products from agricultural products 1.72 billion USD, down 6.3%; corn 1.29 billion USD, down 5.4%; meat and edible meat by-products after animal slaughter 917.7 million USD, up 10.4%.