British-brand Joseph Joseph housewares on a shelf of the Wundertute store in Aeon Mall Ha Dong. (Photo: VNA) Accordingly, trade between Vietnam and the UK reached 6.6 billion USD in 2021,an increase of 17% on the year and equivalent to the pre-pandemic period.
While Vietnamese export to the UK rose 16.4% year-on-year to 5.7 billion USD,UK’s export to Vietnam also witnessed a gain of 23.6% to nearly 850 million USD.
In 2021, products imported from the UK with the highest growth raterespectively were common metals (426%), phones and components (219%), textile,garment and footwear materials (24.7%), pharmaceuticals (35.4%), and cars (28%),according to data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Vietnamese products with a sharp growth in shipments to the UK market werefruits and vegetables (67%), coffee (17%), pepper (49%), iron and steel (1,269%),and toys and sports equipment (19%).
“The results showed that the UKVFTA is like a two-way high-speed train, helpingus to boost exports to the UK and vice versa, the UK also increases exports to Vietnam”,Ngo Chung Khanh, deputy head of Multilateral Trade Policy Department, at awebinar on “Promoting the strengths of businesses - Utilising opportunitiesfrom the UKVFTA.”
This helped equalise the trade balance between the two countries, he added.
Data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs showed that inthe first half of 2022, the country exported 2.9 billion USD of commodities tothe UK while importing more than 372.5 million USD.
This shows the activeness and initiative of enterprises in exploiting new opportunitiesfrom the agreement./.
VNA
