VN eyes more fruit exports to Japan
Even as Japan is the fifth largest importer of Việt Nam’s agricultural products, only three kinds of Vietnamese fresh fruits are being sold in the country. A report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Export and Import Department showed that Việt Nam earned US$1.46 billion from exporting agricultural products and seafood to Japan last year, a year-on-year increase of 6.6 per cent. Of these, vegetables and fruits were valued at $75.1 million, up 1.5 per cent. The department said the implementation of Việt Nam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement had opened a great opportunity for Vietnamese exports to enter this market, in which agricultural products and seafood had been given tariff preferences.
