Preliminary assessment of Vietnam international merchandise trade performance in the second half of September, 2023
In the view of FDI traders, the value of exportation and importation from January to the second half of September of 2023 reached USD 341.65 billion, down by 11.9% as compared to the same period of last year.
Export:
When compared with the first half of September-2023, export of second half of September increased by 14.1%, mostly as a result of the upturn registered in computers, electrical products (up by 15.7% - USD 399 million equally); irons and steels (up by 137% - USD 248 million equally); textiles and garments (up by 14.1% - USD 169 million equally); foot-wears (up by 27% - USD 159 million equally); telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof (up by 4.5% - USD 111 million equally); means of transportation (up by 19.7% - USD 109 million equally ); …
Chart 1: Top 10 main exported commodities of Vietnam from Jan. to September 30th 2023 as compared to the same period of 2022.
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Import:
In the second half of September 2023, import increased by 5.6% when compared with the first half of September, mainly reflecting the upturn in telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof (up by 33.8% - USD 137 million equally); machine, tools & equipments (up by 7% - USD 120 million equally ); chemicals (up by 23.3% - USD 66.57 million equally).
Chart 2: Top 10 main imported commodities of Vietnam from Jan. to September 30th 2023 as compared to the same period of 2022.
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