Vietnam Oct coffee exports down 8.4% m/m; rice down 5.8%: customs

HANOI – Vietnam's coffee exports in October fell 8.4% from September to 91,372 metric tons, government customs data released on Wednesday showed.

Roasted coffee beans are seen at the coffee company of Simexco Dak Lak Limited in the town of Di An in Binh Duong province, Vietnam July 8, 2019. Photo: Reuters

Coffee shipments in the first ten months of this year fell 1.2% from a year earlier to 1.34 million metric tons, the Customs Department said in a statement.

Vietnam's rice exports in October fell 5.8% from the previous month to 362,930 metric tons, the department said.

The country's rice exports in the January-October period fell 2.8% year on year to 5.35 million metric tons, it said.