Vietnam Jan-Sept rice exports at 5.4 mln tonnes, up 19.3% y/y: stats office

Vietnam's rice exports in the January-September period are estimated to have risen about 19.3% from a year earlier to 5.4 million tonnes, government data released on Thursday showed.

Revenue from rice exports in the period is seen up 11.3% to $3.1 billion.

September rice exports from Vietnam, one of the world's leading shippers of the grain, likely totalled 650,000 tonnes, worth $308 million.