Vietnam enjoys surge in import- export volume

According to the latest figures released by the Vietnam General Customs Department, the country’s total import- export volume from January 1 to April 15 hitS 69.75 billion USD, up 19.7 percent over the same period last year.
According to the latest figures released by the Vietnam General CustomsDepartment, the country’s total import- export volume from January 1 toApril 15 hitS 69.75 billion USD, up 19.7 percent over the same periodlast year.

Of the total, exports reached 34.41billion USD, a rise of 19 percent, while imports hit 35.35 billion USD,up 20.3 percent.

In the first half of April alone,export revenue reached 10.55 billion USD, a rise of 4.9 percent comparedto the second half of March.

Exports from FDIenterprises in the first 15 days of April totalled more than 2.7 billionUSD, raising the total figure from January 1 to April 15 to nearly19.95 billion USD, up 25.9 percent from the same period last year andaccounting for 58 percent of the country’s total export revenue.

In the first 15 days of April, Vietnam imported 5.88 billion USDworth of goods, an increase of 22.9 percent from the second half ofMarch. Rise in imports were mostly seen in computers, electronics, spareparts, vehicles, machines and mobile phones.-VNA

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