Main export categories in five months 2018

Export value of 10 largest commodity groups in 5 months of 2018 compared with 5 months of 2017.

Telephone and accessories: Exports of this group reached $ 3.23 billion in May, down 7.4% over the previous month. Up to May 5, 2018, the export value of these products reached $ 19.3 billion, up 18.7% over the same period last year. In the first 5 months of this year, Vietnam exported mainly to: EU (28 countries), USD 5.64 billion, up 17.3%; United States, US $ 1.97 billion, up 7.2%; Korea, 1.89 billion USD, up 33.7%; United Arab Emirates, US $ 1.87 billion, up 17.3% ...

Computers, electronic products and components: Exports of computers, electronic products & components in May reached $ 2.46 billion, up 14.6% over the previous month, bringing exports turnover in the first five months of this year to reach USD 10.95 billion, up 15% over the same period last year.

In the first five months of 2018, exports to the Chinese market topped $ 3.07 billion, up 32.6 percent; exports to the EU (28 countries) reached $ 2.03 billion, up 14.4%; to Korea reached $ 1.12 billion, up 52.5% over the same period last year ...

Textile and garment: The export of textiles and garments in May reached USD 2.35 billion, up 11.2% over the previous month, bringing the export value of this commodity group in five months from the beginning of 2018 to USD 10.91 billion, up 15.8%, respectively increased $ 1.49 billion over the same period last year.

In the first five months of 2018, the United States is still the largest importer of textiles and apparel from Vietnam, valued at $ 5.15 billion, up 12.7 percent from the same period a year earlier, accounted 47% of total garment export turnover of the country; followed by the EU market worth $ 1.46 billion, up 12.7%, accounting for 13.4%; Japan's market value reached 1.39 billion, up 22.7% over a year earlier and accounted for 12.8%; Korean market reached $ 1.09 billion, up 22.3%, accounting for 9.9% ...

Machinery, equipment, tools and other accessories: Export value of this group in May 2018 reached USD 1.46 billion, up 7% over the previous month, bringing the export value of this group in 5 months from the beginning of 2018 to reach 6.53 billion, up 31.8% over the same period last year.

The import market of machinery, equipment, tools and other accessories in the first five months of 2018 mainly consists of the United States with $ 1.1 billion, up 7.3%; the EU (28 countries) reached $ 916 million, up 43.5%; India with nearly $ 938 million, up 6.3 times; Japan with $ 726 million, up 6.2% over the same period in 2017 ...

Many types of footwear: Export of footwear in May 2018 reached 1.54 billion, up 22.1% over the previous month, bringing the value of footwear export of the country in 5 months from the beginning of 2018 to reach $ US $ 6.24 billion, up 10.4% over the same period last year.

Exports of this commodity group to the US market reached $ 2.31 billion, up 16%; to the EU (28 countries) reached $ 1.82 billion, up 1.2%; to China market reached $ 533 million, up 27.9% over the same period last year.

Means of transport and accessories: Export value of this group reached US $ 711 million, up 13.4% over the previous month, bringing the export value of this group in the first five months to US $ 3.42 billion, up 23.1% over the same period last year.

The imports markets of transportation and accessories from Vietnam in the first 5 months include: Japan with a value of USD 960 million, up 15.2%; the United States reached 498 million, up 24.3%; Singapore $ 243 million, up 3.5 times over the same period last year.

Wood and wood products: Export value of this group in May was US $ 728 million, up 5% over the previous month, bringing the export value of this product in the first five months of 2018 to 3.37 billion, up 11.3% over the same period last year.

In the first five months of 2018, wood and wood products were mainly exported to the US market with turnover of USD 1.36 billion, up 11.5% over the same period last year; to China with $ 461 million, up 2.7%; to Japan with $ 439 million, up 3%...

Aquatic products: export value of aquatic products this month was USD 766 million, up 11.9% over the previous month, bringing the export value of this commodity group in the first five months of this year to reach USD 3.21 billion, up 13.3 % compared to the same period last year.

Fishery products in the first five months of 2018 were mainly exported to: the EU (28 countries) with USD 569 million, up 24.7%; Japan, USD 497 million, up 5.5%; United States, $ 491 million increased by 2.3%; China, 396 million, up 18.2% ... compared with a year earlier.

Iron and steel: total export of iron and steel in May reached 462 thousand tons, valued at USD 354 million, decreased 4.1% in volume and decreased by 4.1% in value. Accordingly, the export volume of this commodity group in the first five months of 2018 reached 2.36 million tons, worth $ 1.76 billion, up 41.9% in volume and up 57.8% in value.

Iron and steel in the first five months of this year were mainly exported through the Cambodian market with 491 thousand tons, up 48.4%; United States, 368 thousand tons, up 104%; Indonesia, 301 thousand tons, up by 25.4%; Malaysia, 292 thousand tons, up 99%; EU, 286 thousand tons, up 146% over the same period last year.

Coffee: Coffee export volume in May reached nearly 150 thousand tons, valued at $ 294 million, down 3.8% in volume and down 1.2% in value. Accordingly, the export volume of this commodity in the five months of 2018 reached 878 thousand tons with a value that reached nearly 1.7 billion USD, up 8.4% in volume, but down 6.8% in value over the same period 2017.

Coffee export in the first five months of this year mainly went to EU (28 countries) with over 343 thousand tons worth USD 643 million, up 3.5% in volume but down 12.2% in value; to the United States with nearly 90 thousand tons, valued at more than $174 million, down 14% in volume and 26.6% in value over the same period last year; to Indonesia with over 52 thousand tons and valued at nearly $ 102 million.