In the first five months of 2014, the southern province of BinhDuong enjoyed a trade surplus of nearly 1 billion USD.
According to the provincial Statistics Office, during the January-Mayperiod, the locality’s export turnover saw a year-on-year increase of7.9 percent to reach more than 5.3 billion USD, of which 4.469 billionUSD came from the foreign-invested sector.
Highgrowth rate continued to be recorded in Binh Duong’s main exports,including garment and textiles (700.9 million USD, 18.2 percent), mobilephones and components (450.9 million USD, 70.8 percent) and footwear(440 million USD, 12.5 percent).
Meanwhile, inthe period the province spent 4.39 billion USD on importing goods, up7.6 percent from the same period last year.-VNA