Livestock exports enjoy robust growth over eight-month period

Milk and dairy products are among the leading items, with export turnover reaching US$77.1 million, marking a rise of 22.1% compared to last year’s corresponding period, while meat and meat products grossed a turnover of US$67.5 million, an annual rise of 21.8%.

Furthermore, the export turnover of leather and animal feathers reached US$12.1 million, accounting for 4.2% of the total and representing an annual fall of 51.1%. Elsewhere, egg exports of all kinds increased by 24.9% on-year to US$4.4 million. 

Nguyen Quoc Toan, director of Agrotrade, said that the livestock industry surmounted numerous challenges caused by COVID-19 to enjoy high growth in both export volume and turnover in the reviewed period.

He went on to emphasise that livestock industry should seek ways to expand export markets, develop processed products such as salted eggs and processed chicken to avoid technical barriers from importers that have set forth high food safety and hygiene standards.

Moreover, he underlined the need to gain greater insights into the import demand to associate production activities with the requirements of each export market, expand production activities, and continue exporting processed poultry products to potential markets.