Vietnam April coffee exports down 22.1% m/m, rice up 45.1%
Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 17:54 GMT+7
HANOI -- Vietnam's coffee exports in April were down 22.1% from March at 132,111 metric tons, while rice exports in the same period rose 45.1% against the preceding month, government customs data released on Wednesday showed.
For the first four months of 2021, Vietnam exported 584,981 metric tons of coffee, down 14.3% from a year earlier, Vietnam Customs said in a statement.
Coffee export revenue in the Jan-Apr period rose 7.3% to around $1.1 billion, it said.
Meanwhile, Vietnam's rice exports in April were up 45.1% from the previous month at 782,159 metric tons, the statement said.
The country's rice exports in the first four months fell 6.9% year on year to 1.97 million metric tons, it said.
