Vietnamese exports to the United States fetched US$88.1 billion during the past nine months of the year, up 25.4% against the same period from last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Hoa Phat Refrigeration said on October 17 that it has exported the first batch of its Double Inverter two door top-freezer refrigerators, with a capacity of 286 liters, to the US market.
Vietnamese chili exports to the United States reached 163 tonnes during the opening eight months of the year, representing a sharp increase of 143.3% against the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).
With Vietnamese passion fruit to be licensed to enter the United States shortly, the export of this fruit to this market is expected to bring back between US$50-100 million, according to industry insiders.
Vietnam and the United States are considering opening their markets to new types of fruits, including passion fruit from Vietnam and mandarins from the US.
Vietnamese shrimp exports to the United States in the second quarter of the year reached US$182 million, down 7% compared to the same period from last year, according to details given by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
The U.S. market accounts for nearly 40 percent of Vietnam’s total wood export turnover, which was heard at a seminar on greening logistics and FIATA World Congress 2025 in Hanoi on July 10.
