HCM ranks first in January exports

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Hanoi (VNA) - Ho Chi Minh City exported 4.1 billion USD worth of goods in the firstmonth of 2022, surpassing the northern province of Bac Ninh to become the largestexport locality in the country, according to the General Department of Customs.

This is the second consecutive month the country's biggest hub has lead the nation in export turnover.

The department reported that Vietnam’s exportturnover in January hit 30.84 billion USD, 2.3 billion USD higher than that of Januarylast year.

The country enjoyed a trade surplus of 1.4billon USD in the period, it added.

Notably, the export value of a series of farm produce witnessed two-digit growthscompared to the same period last year, including seafood (up 34.3 percent),coffee (32 percent), and rice (29 percent).

The US remained one of the biggest importersof Vietnamese goods in the first month of 2021. It bought 1.07 billion USD and1.85 billion USD worth of phones and components and garment products fromVietnam in the reviewed period, accounting for 25 percent and over 50 percentof Vietnam’s total export value of these commodities, respectively.

Meanwhile, Vietnam mainly imported computers, electronic products andcomponents, and other equipment and accessories from China and the Republic ofKorea./.

VNA