Vietnam: Tea export turnover up due to price rise

HA NOI (VNS)— Viet Nam exported 77,000 tonnes of tea during the past seven months, earning a turnover of US$120 million, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

While the volume of tea exports was equal to the volume from the same period last year, export value rose 4.1 per cent thanks to the surging price of tea on global markets, the ministry said, adding that the $1,526 per tonne benchmark price for tea was 4.4 per cent higher than last year's figure.