22/03/2011
Top 15 agricultural exports to U.S. in value in first 10 months of 2008
|
|
2007
|
First 10 months of 2008
|
|
Product
|
Rank
|
value (million USD)
|
Rank
|
value (million USD)
|
Growth over the same period of 2007
|
|
Alcohol (except dinner and vintage wine)
|
2
|
5,521
|
1
|
4,474
|
0.29%
|
|
Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood
|
1
|
6,493
|
2
|
3,895
|
-31.04%
|
|
Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines
|
3
|
4,622
|
3
|
3,879
|
2.38%
|
|
Coffee
|
5
|
3,513
|
4
|
3,540
|
19.17%
|
|
Malt beer
|
4
|
3,640
|
5
|
3,143
|
2.28%
|
|
Rubber, natural
|
9
|
2,119
|
6
|
2,418
|
37.21%
|
|
Bread, cake
|
8
|
2,266
|
7
|
2,029
|
9.11%
|
|
Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled flooring panels, shingles and shakes
|
6
|
2,466
|
8
|
1,747
|
-16.84%
|
|
Fruit juice
|
11
|
1,697
|
9
|
1,731
|
24.60%
|
|
Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
|
7
|
2,334
|
10
|
1,587
|
-20.23%
|
|
Crustacean, processed and preserved
|
10
|
1,789
|
11
|
1,519
|
4.62%
|
|
Peanuts and nuts, whole or processed
|
14
|
1,419
|
12
|
1,370
|
17.93%
|
|
vegetables
|
13
|
1,587
|
13
|
1,339
|
2.99%
|
|
Mineral waters and aerated waters
|
12
|
1,656
|
14
|
1,321
|
-6.17%
|
|
Tomato, fresh, chilled or frozen
|
20
|
1,220
|
15
|
1,231
|
22.21%
|
Source: AGRODATA
22/03/2011
U.S agricultural imports, fiscal years 2005-2009
|
Commodity
|
2005
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
Forecast 2009
|
|
|
|
|
Billion USD
|
|
|
|
Livestock, dairy and poultry
|
11.051
|
11.527
|
12.03
|
12.174
|
12.0
|
|
Livestock and meats
|
8.165
|
8.510
|
8.907
|
8.703
|
8.4
|
|
Cattle and calves
|
0.714
|
1.602
|
1.698
|
2.022
|
1.5
|
|
Swine
|
0.590
|
0.580
|
0.646
|
0.544
|
0.5
|
|
Beef and veal
|
3.779
|
3.254
|
3.385
|
2.965
|
3.0
|
|
Pork
|
1.327
|
1.263
|
1.21
|
1.099
|
1.1
|
|
Dairy products
|
2.508
|
2.609
|
2.661
|
3.008
|
3.0
|
|
Cheese
|
1.015
|
0.993
|
1.076
|
1.172
|
1.1
|
|
Grains and feed
|
4.326
|
4.926
|
5.993
|
7.885
|
8.0
|
|
Grain products
|
3.173
|
3.434
|
3.917
|
4.603
|
4.6
|
|
Oilseeds and products
|
2.979
|
3.472
|
4.026
|
6.581
|
5.7
|
|
Vegetable oils
|
2.034
|
2.444
|
2.781
|
4.594
|
4.0
|
|
Horticulture products
|
26.817
|
29.142
|
32.386
|
34.712
|
36.1
|
|
Fruits, fresh
|
4.219
|
4.687
|
5.401
|
5.544
|
5.6
|
|
Fruits, processed
|
2.318
|
2.601
|
3.416
|
3.984
|
4.4
|
|
Fruit juices
|
0.980
|
1.056
|
1.616
|
1.935
|
2.0
|
|
Nuts, whole and processed
|
1.155
|
1.071
|
1.078
|
1.277
|
1.4
|
|
Vegetables, fresh
|
3.518
|
3.979
|
4.165
|
4.442
|
4.5
|
|
Vegetables, processed
|
2.621
|
2.754
|
3.149
|
3.52
|
3.7
|
|
Wine
|
3.720
|
4.043
|
4.543
|
4.755
|
4.8
|
|
Malt beer
|
2.978
|
3.376
|
3.686
|
3.662
|
3.6
|
|
Essential oils
|
2.435
|
2.469
|
2.431
|
2.653
|
2.8
|
|
Cut flowers & nursery stock
|
1.374
|
1.424
|
1.531
|
1.514
|
1.5
|
|
Sugar & tropical products
|
11.381
|
13.593
|
14.142
|
16.356
|
17.4
|
|
Cane and beet sugar
|
0.713
|
1.405
|
0.817
|
0.948
|
1.0
|
|
Confections
|
1.161
|
1.170
|
1.22
|
1.255
|
1.4
|
|
Cocoa and chocolate
|
2.593
|
2.631
|
2.593
|
3.046
|
3.2
|
|
Coffee beans & products
|
2.830
|
3.206
|
3.654
|
4.348
|
4.8
|
|
Rubber, natural
|
1.506
|
1.950
|
2.087
|
2.711
|
2.7
|
|
Other imports 2/
|
1.157
|
1.367
|
1.486
|
1.609
|
1.7
|
|
Total agricultural imports
|
57.711
|
64.026
|
70.063
|
79.317
|
81.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
VOLUME
|
|
|
Million ton
|
|
|
|
Wine
|
0.721
|
0.783
|
0.869
|
0.835
|
0.8
|
|
Malt beer
|
2.913
|
3.223
|
3.535
|
3.389
|
3.4
|
|
Fruit juices
|
4.216
|
3.804
|
4.791
|
4.941
|
5.0
|
|
Cattle and calves
|
1.495
|
2.397
|
2.32
|
2.563
|
2.0
|
|
Swine
|
8.079
|
8.613
|
9.474
|
10.134
|
7.4
|
|
Beef and veal
|
1.219
|
1.027
|
1.026
|
0.82
|
0.8
|
|
Pork
|
0.438
|
0.437
|
0.423
|
0.359
|
0.4
|
|
Fruits, fresh
|
7.996
|
8.003
|
8.787
|
8.668
|
8.7
|
|
Fruits, processed
|
1.196
|
1.327
|
1.44
|
1.448
|
1.5
|
|
Vegetables, fresh
|
3.758
|
4.076
|
4.384
|
4.597
|
4.7
|
|
Vegetables, processed
|
2.765
|
2.763
|
2.953
|
3.015
|
3.0
|
|
Vegetable oils
|
1.982
|
2.500
|
2.645
|
3.252
|
3.3
|
|
Cocoa and chocolate
|
1.220
|
1.263
|
1.14
|
1.075
|
1.1
|
|
Coffee beans
|
1.274
|
1.296
|
1.369
|
1.35
|
1.4
|
|
Rubber, natural
|
1.187
|
1.069
|
1.005
|
1.065
|
1.0
|
1/ Confections are consumer-ready products that contain sugar. Cocoa and chocolate are intermediate products.
2/ Tobacco, planting seeds and cotton. 3/ Liquid volume is in billion liters. 4/ Million head; includes bison. 5/ Excludes juice
Source: Compiled by USDA using data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
22/03/2011
Import prices of agricultural goods in U.S. (Unit: USD/ ton), years 2006-2008
|
|
Coffee
|
Pepper
|
Rubber
|
Rice
|
|
Quarter I/06
|
2,079
|
1,581
|
2,082
|
478
|
|
Quarter II/06
|
2,282
|
1,673
|
2,469
|
503
|
|
Quarter III/06
|
2,089
|
1,738
|
2,180
|
530
|
|
Quarter IV/06
|
2,116
|
2,384
|
1,829
|
575
|
|
Quarter I/07
|
2,258
|
2,864
|
4,286
|
555
|
|
Quarter II/07
|
2,465
|
3,041
|
2,326
|
600
|
|
Quarter III/07
|
2,405
|
3,460
|
2,133
|
619
|
|
Quarter IV/07
|
2,496
|
3,610
|
2,516
|
656
|
|
Quarter I/08
|
2,738
|
3,629
|
2,821
|
643
|
|
Quarter II/08
|
3,012
|
3,685
|
3,003
|
985
|
|
Quarter III/08
|
3,030
|
3,884
|
2,936
|
1,276
|
(Source: www.agro.gov.vn.)
22/03/2011
Foreign exchange rate of several currencies compared to USD in 2008
|
|
USD/Real (Brazil)
|
USD/THB (Thailand)
|
USD/CNY (China)
|
USD/CAD (Canada)
|
USD/peso (Mexico)
|
USD/Euro
|
USD/VND (Vietnam)
|
|
Jan
|
1.77
|
30.29
|
7.24
|
1.00984
|
10.9076
|
0.679
|
15,988
|
|
Feb
|
1.73
|
31.17
|
7.16
|
0.99868
|
10.7678
|
0.678
|
15,954
|
|
Mar
|
1.71
|
31.40
|
7.07
|
1.00294
|
10.7328
|
0.644
|
15,913
|
|
Apr
|
1.69
|
31.56
|
7.00
|
1.01372
|
10.5146
|
0.635
|
16,120
|
|
May
|
1.66
|
32.03
|
6.97
|
0.9988
|
10.4361
|
0.643
|
16,185
|
|
Jun
|
1.62
|
33.18
|
6.90
|
1.01662
|
10.3269
|
0.643
|
16,534
|
|
Jul
|
1.59
|
33.46
|
6.84
|
1.01329
|
10.2163
|
0.635
|
16,830
|
|
Aug
|
1.61
|
33.81
|
6.85
|
1.05296
|
10.1110
|
0.669
|
16,627
|
|
Sep
|
1.80
|
34.24
|
6.83
|
1.05843
|
10.6466
|
0.697
|
16,628
|
|
Oct
|
2.18
|
34.41
|
6.84
|
1.18523
|
12.6686
|
0.754
|
16,690
|
|
Nov
|
2.27
|
35.03
|
6.53
|
1.21681
|
13.1085
|
0.784
|
16,945
|
(Source: www.x-rates.com: Exchange Rates Table for American Dollar. U.S.A)
22/03/2011
U.S. CPI in the first 11 months of 2008 (% growth compared to last month)
|
|
U.S. (%)
|
|
Jan
|
0.4
|
|
Feb
|
0
|
|
Mar
|
0.3
|
|
Apr
|
0.2
|
|
May
|
0.6
|
|
Jun
|
1.1
|
|
Jul
|
0.8
|
|
Aug
|
-0.1
|
|
Sep
|
0
|
|
Oct
|
-1
|
|
Nov
|
-1.7
|
(Source: www.agro.gov.vn.)
22/03/2011
U.S. GDP, years 2006-quarter III, 2008 (billion USD)
|
Quarter I/06
|
3,239.9
|
|
Quarter II/06
|
3,283.5
|
|
Quarter III/06
|
3,312.4
|
|
Quarter IV/06
|
3,342.5
|
|
Quarter I/07
|
3,377.7
|
|
Quarter II/07
|
3,434.4
|
|
Quarter III/07
|
3,487.7
|
|
Quarter IV/07
|
3,507.8
|
|
Quarter I/08
|
3,537.7
|
|
Quarter II/08
|
3,573.6
|
|
Quarter III/08
|
3,607.3
|
(Source: U.S.Economic Analysis Service)
22/03/2011
Forecast on growth of 15 Vietnam’s agriculture-forestry-fishery exports to U.S. in 2009
|
|
2008
|
Outlook for 2009
|
|
Product
|
Export growth over 2007 (%)
|
Export value (million USD)
|
Export growth over 2008 (%)
|
Export value (million USD)
|
|
Woodwork
|
22.06%
|
960.20
|
-22.19%
|
752.11
|
|
Crustacean, unprocessed
|
148.42%
|
388.66
|
-21.67%
|
302.42
|
|
Cashew nuts
|
25.12%
|
249.57
|
-6.61%
|
233.07
|
|
Coffee
|
0.28%
|
211.36
|
1.03%
|
213.54
|
|
Crustacean, processed and preserved
|
14.80%
|
103.84
|
-21.67%
|
81.34
|
|
Peanut and nuts, whole or processed
|
63.19%
|
46.76
|
-30.02%
|
32.72
|
|
Pepper
|
102.48%
|
46.75
|
6.73%
|
49.90
|
|
Rubber, natural
|
-14.37%
|
32.90
|
-23.71%
|
25.10
|
|
Fish and spawn, processed and preserved
|
-14.62%
|
30.65
|
-25.51%
|
22.83
|
|
Honey
|
19.08%
|
24.20
|
-15.23%
|
20.51
|
|
Bread and cake
|
63.76%
|
14.55
|
21.83%
|
17.72
|
|
Truffle, processed
|
105.35%
|
12.43
|
-40.62%
|
7.38
|
|
Dough
|
207.76%
|
10.90
|
-2.49%
|
10.62
|
|
Substance extracted from starch, coffee and tea
|
121.86%
|
6.51
|
-29.43%
|
4.59
|
|
Tea
|
136.82%
|
5.92
|
-3.32%
|
5.72
|
|
Plank
|
-63.91%
|
4.63
|
-22.19%
|
3.60
|
Source: AGROINFO
22/03/2011
U.S. agricultural trade, years 2004-2009 (Billion USD)
|
List
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
Forecast for 2009
|
|
Export
|
68.6
|
82.2
|
115.5
|
98.5
|
|
Import
|
64.0
|
70.1
|
79.3
|
81.0
|
|
Balance of trade
|
4.6
|
12.1
|
36.1
|
17.5
|
Source: USDA
22/03/2011
Exports of U.S. agricultural products and materials to Vietnam, years 2007-2008
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Total import value of Vietnam’s agricultural products and materials from U.S. (million USD)
|
478
|
738
|
|
Total import value of Vietnam’s agricultural products and materials (billion USD)
|
7,22
|
10,14
|
|
Rate of imports from U.S. / Total import (%)
|
6.62%
|
7.28%
|
Source: General Department of Vietnam Customs
22/03/2011
|
|
2007
|
2008
|
|
Total export value of Vietnam’s agriculture-forestry-fishery to U.S. (billion USD)
|
1.8
|
2.5
|
|
Total export volume of Vietnam’s agriculture-forestry-fishery (billion USD)
|
11.2
|
17.4
|
|
Export ratio of agriculture-forestry-fishery to U.S. / Total export (%)
|
16.45%
|
14.48%
|
Source: General Department of Vietnam Customs
|