Vietnam's coffee exports for 2017 are estimated to have fallen 20.1 percent from the previous year, while rice shipments have risen 21.9 percent, the government said on Wednesday. Coffee exports from Vietnam will drop an estimated 20.1 percent in 2017 from a year ago to 1.4 million tonnes, equal to 23.3 million 60-kg bags, the General Statistics Office said in a report on Wednesday.

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