Exports to Africa, Southwest Asia Surge Sharply (7/11)
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Meanwhile, the country imported US$4.5 billion of goods from the regions, representing a year-on-year increase of 27.9 percent.
Of the total export value, shipment to Western Asia surged 68 percent to around US$4.8 billion. The UEA, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are the three largest importers of Vietnam in the region.
Export revenue to South Asia went up 44.8 percent of which India took the lead with US$1.8 billion, followed by Bangladesh with US$ 372 million, and Pakistan with US$ 129 billion.
African countries imported US$ 1.4 billion of goods from Vietnam, up 5.5 percent against the same period last year. Four gateway markets including South Africa, Ivory Coast, Ghana and Egypt helped Vietnam earn export turnovers of US$554 million, US$204 million, US$188 million and US$166 million, respectively.
Vietnam’s top export items include telephone, rubber, fiber, coffee, aquaculture and computers while key imports are petrol, breeding food, cotton and fiber.
The country imported US$371.4 million (up 45.6 percent) from Africa, US$ 2.2 billion (up 25 percent) from South Asia, and US$2 billion (up 28.4 percent) from West Asia.
Source: VCCI
