Import turnover drops about US$ 40 billion

	Spending more than US$91 billion importing goods from China
	Import turnover decreases over US$ 37 billion

Chart by Thai Binh.

According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam's total import turnover in the first half of September dropped 6.5% to US$ 13.78 billion compared with the second half of August.

The import turnover of products decreased in the first half of September such as coal of all kinds down 40.4% or US$125 million; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts down US$112 million or 6.1%...

As of September 15, the country’s total imports declined by 15.1% to US$ 222.05 billion year-on-year.

The import turnover of mobile phones and accessories fell 62.6% to US$ 9.2 billion. The decrease in the import turnover of this product accounted for 23.4% of the total decreased import turnover in the country.

The import turnover of other product groups also saw the plunge such as machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts down 12.2% to US$3.98 billion; computers, electronic products, and components down 3.2% to US$1.96 billion.