As of August 15, Viet Nam's total exports and imports valued US$98.5 billion and US$102 billion, respectively, according to the Viet Nam Customs.
As of August 15, Viet Nam’s total exports and imports valued US$98.5 billion and US$102 billion, respectively, according to the Viet Nam Customs.
In the first half of August, the export value reached US$6.7 billion. Of the figure, the foreign direct investment (FDI) sector made up nearly 70%, equal to US$4.7 billion.
Meawhile, the import turnover in the first fifteen days of August attained US$6.8 billion, of which US$4.07 billion was contributed by the FDI sector.
As of the first half of August, the export of phones and accessories took lead with gross value of US$18.6 billion, followed by garment (US$13.7 billion), computers, electronics and spare parts (US$9.2 billion), footwear (US$7.5 billion), machines, equipments and tools (US$4.8 billion), timber (US$4 billion) and aquatic products (US$3.8 billion).
The import value of machines, equipments and tools ranked first among import items with US$17.5 billion, followed by computers and spare parts (US$14 billion), phones and accessories (US$6.6 billion), iron and steel (US$4.8 billion), plastics (US$3.6 billion) and oil and gas (US$3.5 billion).
The nation gained US$2.46 billion from exporting 5.44 million tons of crude oil in the first seven months of the year.
Top six export localities
In the first seven months of 2015, six localities joined US$6 billion export club, namely Ho Chi Minh City, Bac Ninh, Binh Duong, Thai Nguyen, Dong Nai and Ha Noi.
These localities’ exports capitalized at nearly US$64 billion.
Ho Chi Minh City remained the largest exporter among cities and provinces nationwide with US$17.6 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 4.6%.
The Northern province of Bac Ninh and Southern province of Binh Duong occupied the second and third positions with US$12.3 billion and 10.1 billion, respectively.
The export turnover of Binh Duong province witnessed a year-on-year increase of 17.1% and achieved 49.4% of the year’s plan. Of the figure, the FID sector made up US$8.3 billion.
Remarkably, the export value of the Northern province of Thai Nguyen surged threefold compared to the same period last year, reaching US$9 billion, ranking fourth.
The export turnover of Dong Nai and Ha Noi stood at US$8.4 billion and US$6.2 billion, respectively.
(Source: CP)
