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Vietnam import-export turnover hits 400 billion USD

Total import-export revenue this year reached 400 billion USD in mid December, representing a fourfold increase in ten years.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Total import-export revenue thisyear reached 400 billion USD in mid December, representing a fourfold increasein ten years.

At a ceremony marking the record figure held in Hanoi onDecember 19, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said the country firstachieved 100 billion USD in foreign trade value in 2007, the year it joined theWorld Trade Organisation.

The figure rose to 200 billion USD in 2011, and 300 billionUSD in 2015.

Hue noted that it took Vietnam just two years to push thenumber to 400 billion USD.

He attributed the outcome to concerted efforts of the entirenation and praised the customs sector for its hard work in administrativereform.

The Deputy PM stressed Vietnam’s rankings in the WTO’s tradeprofile have improved significantly. The country was ranked at 50th in export and 41st in import in 2007, respectively increasing to 26th and 25th in 2016.

Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung said his ministry willcoordinate with relevant agencies and localities to remove barriers facing thebusiness community, with a goal toward 500 billion USD worth of import-exportrevenue in the next two years.

According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs,Vietnam’s import – export value was 385.77 billion USD in the first 11 monthsof 2017, soaring by 67.93 billion USD from 2016, the highest annual increase todate. During the period, the country posted the highest-ever trade surplus of3.17 billion USD.-VNA
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