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Agri-Food Trade Service

Basic Information
Land area:	329,565 km² *
Population:	87 million (2010)*
Total GDP:	US$ 106.4 billion (2010)*
GDP/capita:	US$ 1,223 (2010)*
GDP growth rate:	6.8% (2010)*
Capital city:	Hanoi
Prime Minister:	Nguyen Tan Dung
Minister of Agriculture:	Cao Duc Phat
Canadian Ambassador:	Deborah Chatsis
Canada-Vietnam Agri-Food Trade** (CDN$ million)	2008	2009	2010
Total Agri-Food Exports:	101.766	34.096	53.978
Total Agri-Food Imports:	70.394	64.318	79.420
Agri-Food Trade Balance:	31.372	30.221	-25.442
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Exports (CDN$ million)	2008	2009	2010
Total Agri-Food Exports:	101.766	34.096	53.978
Whole beef hides	15.241	2.039	11.431
Canola meal	0.000	6.254	11.087
Soybeans	0.897	1.982	8.110
Animal feed	3.276	3.198	5.436
Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped	0.000	0.000	3.856
Canadian Top 5 Agri-Food Imports (CDN$ million)	2008	2009	2010
Total Agri-Food Imports:	70.394	64.318	79.420
Cashews, shelled	36.564	25.864	30.833
Nuts and seeds	6.986	5.509	12.078
Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated	6.570	8.029	8.886
Peppers	3.113	4.077	4.403
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits	2.009	3.094	2.514
Canadian Top 5 Seafood Exports (CDN$ million)	2008	2009	2010
Total Seafood Exports:	8.309	13.533	14.747
Frozen shrimps and prawns	0.822	0.995	4.515
Frozen Greenland halibut	0.021	3.701	3.482
Frozen snow crabs	3.262	2.588	2.638
Frozen crabs	1.058	1.626	1.054
Frozen lobsters	0.000	0.000	0.600
Vietnam Agri-Food and Seafood Imports - 2009*** (2010 n/a) (US$ million)	World	Canada	Canada's Share
Agri-Food and Seafood	6,162	31	0.5%
Soybean meal	1,029	0	0.0%
Cotton	385	0	0.0%
Non-durum wheat	346	1	0.2%
Corn	302	0	0.1%
Refined palm oil	206	0	0.0%

GDP at market prices
Date modified: 2011-05-30
Source: Euromonitor*, Statistics Canada**, Global Trade Atlas***