Vietnam
shipped abroad 279,266 tonnes of rice in January, bringing home US$153.650
million, a 50 percent decrease year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Food
Association (VFA).
The largest buyer of Vietnamese rice in
January was Asia, which imported 228,263 tonnes, accounting for 81.74 percent
of the country's total rice export volume.
It was followed by America which 27,255
tonnes, making up 9.75 percent. Other importers were countries in Africa, the
Middle East and Europe.
VFA predicted that several first months of
2012 will see the sharp increase in rice export from India and Pakistan,
leaving difficulties to other rice exporters including Vietnam.
Experts cited the long lunar New Year holiday
in January in Vietnam as a reason behind the decrease in its rice export.
The Mekong delta region, the country's largest
granary, is expected to yield an output of 10.349 million tonnes in the winter-
spring crop, equal to the number of the same crop last year.
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