The province’s export turnover was estimated to reach US$164.5 million in the first four months of 2011, dropping by 2.6 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the province’s Statistics Office.
Of the total, April’s export turnover only earned US$40.6 million.
The export turnover value saw decreases in all commodities for export, including agricultural products (US$33.8 million), forestry products (US$105.2 million), and minerals (US$8.5 million).
According to the provincial Statistics Office, the causes include inflation, the increase of prices for input raw materials, the fluctuation of gold and USD costs, interest rate, and petrol price.
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