Trading of country almost reaches $US 460 billion

Automobiles are one of the main imported groups in the first 15 days of December 2018. Photo: T. Bình.

This information is released by General Department of Vietnam Customs showing that, in the first 15 days of December, the total export turnover for the whole of the country reached $US 9.375 billion, in that the import turnover achieved $US 9.916 billion. Thus, the country’s trade gap is $US 541 million.

Accumulated from the beginning of the year to 15/12, the total export turnover reached $US 233.07 billion, while the import turnover was $US 226.184 billion.

Thus, the total trade turnover of the whole country reached $US 459,254 billion, and our country still has a surplus of about $US 6.886 billion.

Some notable import items in the first 15 days of the month were cars; computer; devices…

Specifically, in the first 15 days of December, the whole country imported 7,192 completed cars of all types with total turnover of over $US 152 million. The accumulated from the beginning of the year was 74,626 cars with total turnover was $US 1,646 billion.

While computers, electronic products and components were still the largest group of imports with a turnover of $US 40.407 billion, only in the first 15 days of December it was $US 1.805 billion.

The remaining group of "billion USD" in the first 15 days of December is machinery and equipment with a turnover that was $US 1,455 billion, bringing the total turnover from the beginning of the year to nearly $US 32.12 billion - ranking in second place among the major groups of imported commodities for the whole country.