In September alone, agro-fishery and forestry export turnover reached at US$ 3.37 billion, up 9.93 percent compared to the same period last year. Of these, the export of agricultural products gained by US$ 1.63billion while fishery products by US$ 799million and forestry products by  US$ 784 million respectively.

The sector’s total export turnover in the first 9 months reached $ 29.51 billion, exceeding 1.3 percent of year’s target.

Export markets which posted strong increases included Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia and China.