Vietnam imported 617,000 tons of fertilizers worth 184 million U.S. dollars in the first two months of this year, up 17.9 percent and 29.7 percent on-year respectively, while spending 149 million U.S. dollars importing pesticides, up 12.1 percent.<\/p>\n
In February alone, Vietnam poured 74 million U.S. dollars in importing 250,000 tons of fertilizers, mostly urea, Ammonium Sulfate, Potassium, Diammonium Phosphate and Nitrogen-Phosphorous-Potassium fertilizers, up 4.7 percent and 15.1 percent, respectively, according to its Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Monday.<\/p>\n
The country also spent 60 million U.S. dollars importing pesticides in the same month, up 1.4 percent from January.<\/p>\n
In 2018, Vietnam imported over 4.1 million tons of fertilizers valued at nearly 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, posting respective decreases of 12.8 percent and 6.8 percent on-year, mainly from China and Russia.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the country’s import of pesticides, mainly from China, India, Germany and Thailand, saw a slight drop of 2.2 percent in value against 2017, said the ministry.<\/p>\n
Source: Xinhua News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"