Vietnam revealed an export growth rate
of 28.1 percent in January compared to a year ago due to the recovery
of the global economy causing high export price, according to the
Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Among the export staples,
machineries and equipment generated the highest growth, bringing in 210
million USD, up 139 percent compared to the same period last year.
It was followed by electric wire and cable, earning 100 million USD and
up 107.6 percent, rice at 165 million USD increasing at 50.6 percent
and wood and wooden products topping 270 million USD rising 37 percent.
To achieve the set target of 60 billion USD in export value this year,
a year-on-year increase of 7 percent, the Ministry of Industry and
Trade will increase exports of garment and textile, footwear, woodwork
and electronic components with expectation that these sectors will post
high export value and growth rate.
Together with increasing the effectiveness of trade promotion
programmes in key markets in Asia, Europe and North America, the Trade
Promotion Department will also expand markets in Middle East, Latin
America and Africa.
The department will continue to work for the US to grant generalised
system of preferences (GSP) to Vietnam , and call on EU countries to
abolish anti-dumping tax on the country’s leather-capped shoes
exporting to the EU./.