Customs sector earns about VND 184 trillion in the first half of the year

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The decrease in the import and export activities causes the plunge in Customs revenue. Photo: T.B

According to the GDVC, the revenue in June reaches VND 29,459 billion. In the first half of the year, the revenue drops 19.19% year-on-year to VND 183,744 billion, meeting 43.23% of the estimate.

The Customs revenue plunged due to the gloomy import and export activities. In June, the total Vietnam’s import and export turnover increased by 3.6% compared with the previous month to US$ 56.01 billion. Of which, the export turnover and import turnover increases by 4.5% and 2.6% to US$ 29.3 billion and 26.71 billion, respectively.

However, the total trade in goods of Vietnam in the six months of the year is estimated to decrease by 15.1% to US$ 316.64 billion compared with the previous year.

The export turnover drops 12.1% to US$ 164.45 billion and import turnover falls 18.2% to US$ 152.19 billion year-on-year.

Vietnam earns a surplus of US$2.59 billion in merchandise trade. In the first six months of 2023, the whole country has a surplus of US$12.26 billion.