Vietnam exported over 96.6 million USD worth of goods to Chile in the first seven months of the year, representing a year-on-year increase of nearly 140.3 percent.

Of the total, crude oil exports accounted for over 62.8 million USD, or 65 percent of total turnover, according to the statistics of the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Export Promotion Bureau, ProChile.

Thanks to crude oil, by the end of May, Vietnam ’s exports to Chile exceeded last year’s figure of over 80.6 million USD

This sharp increase helped bring two-way trade in the seven-month period to 147.7 million USD, up 39.3 percent, despite, Chile ’s exports to Vietnam decreasing by 22.4 percent to over 51 million USD during the period.

Vietnam mainly exports footwear, coffee, clothing, fibre and seafood to Chile while importing bronze, cod-liver oil, fir, salmon, paper pulp, grapes and champagne from the Latin American country./.