In January, Vietnam's total import-export turnover reached 46.56 billion USD. (Photo: VNA) The office reportedthat in the month, total import-export turnover reached 46.56 billion USD, down17.3% over the previous month and 25% year on year, with exports dropping 21.3% to 25.08 billion USD, and imports falling 28.9% to 21.48billion USD.
While the domesticsector saw a trade deficit of 1.04 billion USD, the foreign-invested sector(including crude oil) posted a surplus of 4.64 billion USD.
Experts attributed theresult to the long New Year and Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays, which were allin January, reducing the number of working days. Last year, the Tet holiday fell inFebruary.
The GSO reported that the manufacturing-processing sector earned the highest export revenue with22.32 billion USD, accounting for 89% of the country’s total.
Meanwhile, there werethree goods groups with imports of over 1 billion USD.
In January, the US remained the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods with a revenue of about 7.6billion USD, while China was the biggest exporter to Vietnam with 8.1 billion USD.
The GSO held that many countries are facing the threat of inflation and economic recession, leading to reduction in global consumption, thus affecting Vietnam’simport-export activities.
Export activities showed signs of slowing down from the fourth quarter of 2022with fewer orders, it said, adding that 2023 is likely to be a tough year forVietnam’s import-export.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Vietnam’s exportsdepend on many outside factors, but tax reduction from free trade agreementsthat Vietnam has joined and the strengthening of socio-economic recovery and developmentwill motivate exports this year.
In 2023, the MoIT sets a target of a 6% rise in goods export revenue, withtrade surplus maintained./.
VNA
