Illustrative Image (Source: VNA) Prague (VNA)– Bright signs have been seen in two-way trade between Vietnam and the CzechRepublic, as the two countries’ import-export turnover in the first five monthsof this year reached nearly 464.5 million USD, up 15.6 percent from the sameperiod last year.
Vietnam mostlyexported to the Czech Republic seafood, farm produce, food, tea, coffee,rubber, chemicals, electronics, and footwear, the Vietnam Trade Office in the CzechRepublic cited sources from the Czech Statistical Office.
Products seeing highestrevenue included electronics with over 140 million USD, and footwear productswith 110.6 million USD.
Exports of rubber,chemicals, leather products, garment materials, knitwear, boilers andmechanical products, engine vehicles, and wood furniture also fetched from 10million USD - 31 million USD.
Meanwhile, Vietnamimported from the European nation electronics, mechanical equipment, plasticproducts, military equipment, seeds, pharmaceuticals, medicinal plants, andindustrial tree varieties.
In 2017, two-way tradebetween the two countries exceeded 1 billion USD for the first time to 1.02billion USD, a rise of 12 percent over the previous year.
However, trade turnoverremained modest compared to the economic potential and real demand of bothmarkets.
Currently, the CzechRepublic is keen on fostering cooperation with Vietnam in areas of environmentalprotection, mining technology, construction technology, chemicals, telecommunications,radar, industrial and agricultural machineries, biotechnology andnanotechnology.-VNA
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