Total export turnover for Ho Chi Minh City in 2012 is estimated at 30.25billion USD, a year-on-year increase of 7.36 percent, according theMunicipal Department of Industry and Trade.
The Department'sDeputy Director, Huynh Khanh Hiep, said at a recent city cabinet meetingthat domestic firms accounted for 21.45 billion USD of the exportturnover, up 4.56 percent over the previous year, and foreign-investedenterprises posted the remaining 8.8 billion USD, up 14.87 percent.
Thefive products with exports exceeding 1 billion USD in 2012 are textileand garments, electrical and electronic products, rice, footwear andrubber products.
With the deduction of crude oil exports, thecity's exports amount to 21.55 billion USD, an increase of 13.2 percentcompared with the same period last year.
There had beensignificant increases in the export of processed and manufactured goodsas well as hi-tech products, and a steady decrease in the export of rawmaterials, said Hiep.
Value additions had been seen in the export of rice, coffee, rubber and seafood products, he said.
This year also saw new products with high export growth rates like electronic and computer components.
Thecity's goods have been shipped to 228 countries and territories thisyear, marking an increase of four new markets compared with 2011.
HCM City currently has some 18,000 companies involved in international trade.
In 2013, it targets a GDP (gross domestic product) growth of over 9.5 percent and a per capita income of 4,000 USD.
Italso targets investments of 248.5 trillion VND (11.9 billion USD),accounting for over 36 percent of the city’s GDP; bringing the city’sCPI (consumer price index) to below the national figure, and increasingexport revenues by 13.5 percent compared with 2012.-VNA