Agricultural export drops in first half

10:07, 07/07/2017

(ĐN)- The revenue from agricultural products export dropped in the first half of this year due to reduced prices in the world market.

(ĐN)- The revenue from agricultural products export dropped in the first half of this year due to reduced prices in the world market.

Although seeing an increase of almost 9 percent in volume in the first six months, the rubber industry posted a year-on-year decrease of 13 percent in value, earning more than USS315 million.

Coffee exports saw a month-on-month drop of nearly 10 percent in value in June, while pepper was down 18.7 percent in value over the same period last year.

Reported by B.N