The Number

41.75 percent

China remained the largest importer of Vietnamese rice in the first four months of 2014, accounting for 41.75 percent of the country's rice exports, Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said on Thursday. According to the ministry's latest report, during the January-April period, China imported 913,957 metric tons of Vietnamese rice, worth $392.46 million, up 2.39 percent in volume and 4.94 percent in value year-on-year.