On the morning of September 4, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment held a regular press conference to provide information on production and business over 8 months, key tasks for September, and the final 4 months of 2025…
In August, the global situation continued to face many difficulties and challenges; trade tensions; military conflicts, political instability in some countries and regions; issues of origin and food safety regulations in agricultural exports… continued to persist, affecting growth prospects, inflation, and the global investment and business environment.
Many major economies tended to reduce tightening and ease monetary and fiscal policies to support economic growth. Natural disasters and extreme weather occurred on a large scale in the US, China, India… impacting commodity prices, global food security, and increasing input costs for production and trade in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.
Despite facing many difficulties, the total export turnover of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries in 8 months of 2025 reached 45.37 billion USD, an increase of 12.8% and achieving 69.8% of the 2025 target.
Specifically, the export value of agricultural products reached 24.42 billion USD, up 13.8%; the export value of livestock products reached 410.7 million USD, up 24.5%; the export value of fisheries reached 7.03 billion USD, up 11.5%; the export value of forestry products reached 11.9 billion USD, up 6.6%; the export value of production inputs reached 1.6 billion USD, up 30.4%; the export value of salt reached 7.1 million USD, doubling…
Regarding export markets, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment successfully organized the Export Promotion Conference, implementing both market restructuring and opening new markets (Middle East, ASEAN, Africa, Americas…) while proactively and actively negotiating flexible and effective responses to policies such as the “US Countervailing Duties”… As a result, the export value of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries to many continents and markets increased significantly.
Among them: Americas 9.475 billion USD, up 8.1%; Europe 6.64 billion USD, up 38.7%; Africa 1.406 billion USD, up 100.4%; Oceania 594 million USD, up 2.8%; Asia 19.53 billion USD, up 1.2%.
The US, China, and Japan continued to be the three largest export markets; the US accounted for 20.9%, up 8.10%; China accounted for 19.0%, up 2.6%; Japan accounted for 7.1%, up 19.8%.
Speaking at the press conference, it was emphasized that in the remaining months, the Ministry will synchronously and effectively implement resolutions, laws, strategies, programs, projects, plans, and development plans for the sector and each field; firmly maintaining the sector’s growth target of 4% and an agriculture, forestry, and fisheries export turnover of 65 billion USD in 202
