date:Sep 27, 2013
l to those of India and Pakistan, making it hard to enter into those markets due to transport costs.
So far this year, China remained as Vietnam's biggest rice importer with 1.62 million tons, accounting for 31.4 percent of the country's total rice exports. The figures posted an increase of 3.2 percent in volume and 1 percent in value.
Vietnam achieved a record in rice export in 2012 when the country exported over 7.7 million tons, pocketing nearly 3.5 billion U.S. dollars, according to the VF