The southern province of Dong Nai ran a trade surplus of 270 million USDin January-March, according to the provincial Department of Industryand Trade.
The province pocketed 3.23 billion USD from exportsand spent 2.96 billion USD for imports, up 12.2 percent and 6.4 percentagainst the same period last year, respectively.
Major exportlines were footwear, garments, fibers, wooden furniture, machines andspare parts, with garments raking in 545 million USD, a rising of 13percent over the same period last year.
Director of theDepartment Le Van Danh said the province’s big importers were the US,Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, Germany and Indonesia.
The locality imported mostly garment and footwear materials and equipment for production.
In2014, footwear became the province’s leading export sector as it gained2.23 billion USD, increasing 19 percent from 2013’s figure. It aims for2.5 billion USD in export this year.
Local exports are expectedto grow further in the next quarters on the back of the signing of eighttrade agreements and lower tariffs on export commodities, Danh said.
Hewas confident that the province’s export earnings will surge, driven bythe official formation of the ASEAN Economic Community and thecompletion of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiation by the end ofthis year.-VNA
The province pocketed 3.23 billion USD from exportsand spent 2.96 billion USD for imports, up 12.2 percent and 6.4 percentagainst the same period last year, respectively.
Major exportlines were footwear, garments, fibers, wooden furniture, machines andspare parts, with garments raking in 545 million USD, a rising of 13percent over the same period last year.
Director of theDepartment Le Van Danh said the province’s big importers were the US,Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, Germany and Indonesia.
The locality imported mostly garment and footwear materials and equipment for production.
In2014, footwear became the province’s leading export sector as it gained2.23 billion USD, increasing 19 percent from 2013’s figure. It aims for2.5 billion USD in export this year.
Local exports are expectedto grow further in the next quarters on the back of the signing of eighttrade agreements and lower tariffs on export commodities, Danh said.
Hewas confident that the province’s export earnings will surge, driven bythe official formation of the ASEAN Economic Community and thecompletion of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiation by the end ofthis year.-VNA
