date:Dec 23, 2013
Vietnam's rice exports are forecast to fall by around 15 percent in 2013 to 6.6 million tons after demand plunged in Southeast Asia, local Vietnam News reported Thursday, quoting sources from the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).
At a seminar held recently in South Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City( HCMC), VFA General Secretary Huynh Minh Hue reported that the average rice export price in 2013 was 430.89 U.S dollars per ton, down 14.5 dollars from last year, as exports fetched 2.64 billion dollars.
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