Exports see year-on-year increase of 9% in eight months (31/8)
31/08/2015 - 12 Lượt xem
Export turnover was estimated at US$106.3 billion in the past eight months, a year-on-year increase of 9%. Of the figure, the State and foreign-invested sectors contributed US$31.7 billion and US$74.6 billion, down 2.5% and up 14.7%, respectively.
The exports of phones and accessories took lead with nearly US$20 billion, up 31.1%, followed by garment US$15 billion, up 10.9%, electronics, computers and spare parts US$9.9 billion, up 51.8% and footwear US$8.1 billion, up 20.9%.
The U.S. was the largest importer of Viet Nam with US$22.1 billion, up 19.8%. It was followed by the EU US$20.2 billion, up 12.3%, ASEAN US$12.3 billion, down 3%, China US$10.4 billion, up 5.6%, Japan US$9.3 billion, down 4.9% and the Republic of Korea US$5.1 billion, up 16.5%.
Meanwhile, the nation’s total import turnover in eight months reached US$109.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. Of the figure, the State and foreign invested sectors made up US$44.7 billion and US$65.2 billion, up 7.7% and 23.2%, respectively.
Items with high growth in import value include cars (US$3.8 billion, up 80.2%), machines, equipments and tools (US$18.9 billion, up 33.4%), electronics, computers and spare parts (US$15.1 billion, up 35.3%), phones and accessories (US$7.1 billion, up 36.3%) and fabric (US$6.8 billion, up 11%).
China remained the largest exporter with US$32.7 billion, accounting for 29.8% and up 20.4%. The Republic of Korea and ASEAN occupied the second and third positions with US$18.8 billion and US$16 billion, up 34.8% and 5.3%, respectively.
Earlier, PM Nguyen Tan Dung approved the Project on the development of regional markets in the 2015-2020 period with an aim to raise export turnover to US$300 billion./.
Source: Chinhphu.vn
