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Vietnam has planted more than 46,000 hectares of macadamia. Even so, in January–July 2026 it bought and brought in about US$30 million worth. Exports over the same seven months were just under US$34 million, so the amounts sold and bought are nearly level. The Vietnamese paper VnExpress reported this on September 20, and the export breakdown, from the customs authority's...

The cinnamon-growing area of Tra My in Quang Nam province in central Vietnam is moving away from exporting raw bark toward deeper processing into essential oils, cosmetics, and health foods. We read the value-adding strategy of the world's largest cinnamon exporter from a Japanese buyer's perspective.