FOREWORD LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF BOXES SUMMARY I. MARCO-CONTEXT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2008 1. Economic growth 2. Inflation 3. World prices 4. Exchange rate 5. Trade policy II. AGRICULTURAL TRADE OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2008 1. Overview of the United States’s agricultural imports-exports in 2008 2. Agricultural import of the United States by commodities in 2008 2.1 Top 15 commodities having the highest import turnover in the first 10 months of 2008 in the United States 2.2 Top 15 agricultural products of the U.S. had the highest import turnover growth in the first 10 months of 2008 3. Main exporters of agricultural products to the U.S. in 2008 3.1 Top 15 largest countries and regions exporting agricultural products to the U.S. III. AGRICULTURE-FORESTRY-FISHERY TRADE BETWEEN VIETNAM AND U.S. IN 2008 1. Vietnam’s agricultural exports to U.S 1.1. Top 15 agriculture-forestry-fishery exports of Vietnam to U.S. having the largest value in 2008 1.2. Top 15 Vietnamese agriculture-forestry-fishery exports to U.S. having the largest value growth in 2008 (Goods having value more US$1 million) 2. Exports of U.S. agricultural products and materials to Vietnam in 2008 2.1. Top 15 agricultural products and materials imported from U.S having the largest value in 2008 2.2. Top 15 agricultural products and materials imported from U.S. having the largest value growth in 2008 (goods having value of more 1 million USD) IV. OUTLOOK FOR AGRICULTURE-FORESTRY-FISHERY TRADE BETWEEN VIETNAM AND U.S. IN 2009 1. Macroeconomics in 2009 2. Outlook for U.S. agricultural trade in 2009 3. Outlook for Vietnam’s agriculture-forestry-fishery exports to U.S. in 2009 4. Outlook for import of agricultural products and materials of Vietnam from U.S. in 2009 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: GDP growth of the United States in the 2005-2008 period Table 2: GDP growth of the United States in 4 quarters of 2007 and 2008 (Unit: %) Table 3: Price movements of several agricultural products on the world market Table 4: Agricultural trade of the United States in the 2004-2008 period (billion USD) Table 5: Vietnamese agriculture-forestry-fishery exports to the U.S. and world markets Table 6: Exports of U.S. agricultural products and materials to Vietnam, years 2007-2008 Table 7: U.S. agricultural trade, years 2004-2009 (Billion USD) | Table 8: Forecast on growth of 15 Vietnam’s agriculture-forestry-fishery exports to U.S. in 2009 Table 9: U.S. GDP, years 2006-quarter III, 2008 (billion USD) Table 10: U.S. CPI in the first 11 months of 2008 (% growth compared to last month) Table 11: Foreign exchange rate of several currencies compared to USD in 2008 Table 12: Import prices of agricultural goods in U.S. (Unit: USD/ ton), years 2006-2008 Table 13: U.S agricultural imports, fiscal years 2005-2009 Table 14: Top 15 agriculture-forestry-fishery products having the largest value imported by U.S. in first 10 months of 2008 Table 15: Top 15 agricultural products having the largest import value growth to U.S. in the first 10 months of 2008 Table 16: Top 15 largest exporters of agricultural products to U.S. in 2008 Table 17: 15 Vietnamese exports to U.S. having the largest value in 2008 Table 18: 15 exports to U.S. having the largest value growth in 2008 Table 19: 15 commodities imported from U.S. having the largest value in 2008 Table 20: Vietnam’s 15 imports from U.S. having the largest value growth in 2008 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: The United States’s monthly CPI in 2008 (% change compared with the previous month) Figure 2: Exchange rate of the US dollar to the Euro in 2008 (USD/Euro) Figure 3: Exchange rate of the US dollar to the Japanese Yen in 2008 (USD/JPY) Figure: Exchange rate of the US dollar to Vietnamese currency in 2008 (USD/VND) Figure 5: Growth of agricultural trade of the United States (Unit: %) Figure 6: Top 15 commodities having the highest import turnover in the first 10 months of 2008 in the United States (billion USD) Figure7: World price of Robusta coffee in 2007-2008 (USD/ton) Figure 8: US import value of coffee in 2007-2008 (million USD) Figure 9: World price of RSS3 rubber in 2007-2008 (Yen/kg) Figure 10: US import turnover of rubber in 2007-2008 (million USD) Figure 11: U.S. import turnover of assembled flooring panels in 2007-2008 (million USD) Table 12: Top 15 commodities had the highest import turnover into the United States in the first 10 months of 2008 (%) Figure 13: Top 15 countries exporting agricultural products to the U.S. in 2008 (billion USD) Figure 14: Agricultural export growth of 15 countries to the U.S. in 2008 compared with 2007 (%) Figure 15: China’s export turnover of fruits Figure 16: Top 15 agriculture-forestry-fishery exports of Vietnam to U.S. having the largest value in 2008 (million USD) Figure 17: Export value of Vietnamese plank to the U.S. in first 10 months of 2008 (thousand USD) Figure 18: 15 exports to U.S. having the largest value growth in 2008 (million USD) Table 19: Cashew export value of Vietnam to U.S. in 2008 (million USD) Figure 20: 15 agricultural products and materials imported from U.S having the largest value in 2008 (million USD) Figure 21: Chilled and frozen bovine export value of U.S. to Vietnam, years 2001-2008 (thousand USD) Figure 22: 15 agricultural products and materials imported from U.S. having the largest value growth in 2008 (million USD) Figure 23: U.S economic growth, years 2005-2009 (%) Figure 24: U.S inflation, years 2006-2009 (%) Figure 25: Increase/reduction of prices of world goods, years 2006-2009 (%) Figure 26: Price reduction of the world goods in 2009 (%) LIST OF BOXES Box 1: Vietnam’s export of wooden products to U.S. Box 2: Vietnam’s cashew export Box 3: U.S. meat exports to Vietnam |