HANOI, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam spent 954 million U.S. dollars importing animal feeds and materials for animal feed production in the first quarter of this year, up 3.6 percent against the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Vietnam imported 428,000 tons of wheat worth 120 million U.S. dollars, seeing respective year-on-year fall of 64.1 percent and 58.5 percent; and spent 162 million U.S. dollars importing animal and vegetable oil, down 10.8 percent.

Last year, Vietnam spent nearly 3.9 billion U.S. dollars importing animal feeds and materials for animal feed production, with the biggest import market being Argentina with turnovers of nearly 1.3 billion U.S. dollars, followed by the United States (681.5 million U.S. dollars), Brazil (472 million U.S. dollars) and China (225.6 million U.S. dollars), said the department.

Vietnam also imported over 4.8 million tons of wheat worth roughly 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, mainly from Russia, Australia and Canada.