Preliminary assessment of Vietnam international merchandise trade performance in the second half of September, 2018

​Vietnam‘s trade-in-goods in the first 9 months of 2018 totaled US dollars 352.61 billion in value terms, expanded by 13.7% as compared to the performance of the same period of 2017. In which, the total merchandise exports valued US dollars 179.47 billion, moved up by 15.8% and the total merchandise imports valued to US dollars 173.14 billion went up by 11.6%.

In the view of Foreign Direct Invested (FDI) traders, the total value of exportation and importation in the first 9 months of 2018 reached USD 230.43 billion up by 13.8% (equivalent to USD 28.01 billion) as compared to the same period of 2017.

Export:

As compared to the first half of September-2018, second half of the month increase in the total export value (6.1% - USD 627 million equally) is reflected by upturn in iron and steels (up by 82.7% - USD 119 million equally); machine, equipment tools and instruments (up by 14.5% - USD 91 million equally); fishery products (up by 24% - USD 83 million equally); foot-wear (up by 12% - USD 66 million equally); wood and wooden products (up by 20.4% - USD 66 million equally);…

Chart 1: Top 10 exported commodities of 9 months 2018 as compared to the same period of 2017

Source: Vietnam Customs

Import:

The first half to second half of September increase in the total of import value (6.2%) reflected upturn in petroleum products (up by 97.3% - USD 163 million equally); coal (up by 145.9% - USD 98 million equally); machine, equipment tools and instruments (up by 6.9% - USD 92 million equally); motor vehicles (up by 65.5% - USD 57 million); soya beans (up by 6.5 times- USD 55 million);…

Chart 2: Top 10 imported commodities of 9 months 2018 as compared to the same period of 2017

Source: Vietnam Customs​