March 1, 2011

Vietnam's animal feed imports increase 20.3%

Vietnam has approximately spent US$428 million on importing of animal feed and material in the January-February period, the General Statistics Office said.

The figure represented an on-year increase of 20.3%, the office said.

In Feb, the country bought animal feed and materials for its production worth US$200 compared with US$228 million in the previous month.

Last year, Vietnam imported US$2.7 billion of raw materials to make animal feed, compared with US$2.1 billion in 2009.

The country is expected to import about US$3 billion of raw materials for animal feed this year.