Cashew nut exports in the first half of this year posted strong growth, reaching 150,000 tonnes in volume and 1.08 billion USD in value, according to a conference on promoting the production and consumption of cashews in 2015.

Processing cashew nut for export

The figures released at the conference, held by the Department for Processing and Trade for Agro-forestry-fisheries products and salt production in Ho Chi Minh City on July 2, showed a 14% increase in volume and a 28.2% surge in value compared with the same period last year.

The average cost of each tonne of cashews was 7,080 USD, up 11.64% year-on-year.

Vietnamese cashew products have been exported to more than 50 countries with the United States, China and the Netherlands as the largest importers accounting for 39.98 percent, 13.12% and 10.89%, respectively.

(Source: VNA)