Improved exports in March helped Vietnam gain a trade surplus of 536 million USD in the first quarter after running deficits in the first two months, the latest update from the General Statistics Office (GSO) revealed.
In 2018, there were 29 items with export turnover of above 1 billion USD, accounting for 91.7% of Vietnam’s total export value. Of which, 5 items posted
export turnover of over 10 billion USD.
In 2018, total export value increased by 13.8% while import value rose by 11.5% year-on-year. Vietnam’s trade surplus in the year reached 7.2 billion USD.
Vietnam’s tra fish export turnover to the US surpassed that to China to hit 58.5 million USD in July, making up 30 percent of the country’s total export value of tra fish.
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