10 export groups with an increase of nearly US$30 billion

VCN - According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, by the end of August, the total export turnover of the country reached US$265.44 billion, an increase of 15.9% over the same period last year. Notably, there were 10 groups of goods with an increase of over US$1 billion compared to the same period last year.
Import-export activities at Tan Cang - Hai Phong international container port (TC-HICT). Photo: T.Binh
Import-export activities at Tan Cang - Hai Phong international container port (TC-HICT). Photo: T.Bình

The 10 export commodity groups with billion-dollar growth include: computers, electronic products and components increased by US$10.40 billion; machinery, equipment and spare parts rose by US$ 5.89 billion; phones of all kinds and components grew by US$3.23 billion; wood and wood products climbed by US$1.92 billion; textiles increased by US$1.82 billion; cameras, camcorders and component rose by US$1.61 billion; footwear of all kinds grew by US$1.59; vegetables and fruits by US$1.18 billion; coffee climbed by US$1.05 billion and plastic products increased by 1.03 billion.

Thus, the 10 key commodity groups witnessed a surge in turnover of up to US$29.72 billion compared to the same period last year and accounted for 81.5% of the country's export turnover increase.

The main export markets of the above groups of goods are mainly the United States, the EU, China, South Korea, Japan, ASEAN, etc.

Regarding export markets, updated by the end of August, the 10 largest markets all grew strongly.

Accordingly, 6 markets increased by US$1 billion or more, including: the United States reached US$78.2 billion, an increase of US$16.08 billion; the EU reached US$34.08 billion, a rise of US$5.08 billion; China reached US$38.1 billion, a growth of US$1.7 billion; ASEAN reached US$24.45 billion, an increase of US$2.84 billion; South Korea reached US$16.83 billion, a rise of US$1.3 billion; Hong Kong (China) reached US$8.1 billion, a growth of US$2.27 billion.

By Thái Bình/Thanh Thuy

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