At Saigon New Port (Photo: VNA) Of the export revenue, 19.26 billion USD was contributed by the domestic economicsector and the remaining from the foreign-invested sector, marking a respectiveannual decrease of 17.4% and 10%.
During the period, four types of goods earned over 5 billion USD, accountingfor 52.8% and 14 others raked in more than 1 billion USD, making up 77.4%.
The domestic sector also spent 26.03 billion USD in imports, down 13.3% whilethe foreign-invested sector poured 49.07 billion USD or a 15.4% drop. Most ofthe imports were materials for production, equivalent to 93.5%.
The US remains the biggest importer of Vietnam with a turnover of 20.6 billionUSD, followed by China with 23.6 billion USD. Vietnam’s trade surplus with theUS was estimated at 17.5 billion USD, down 23.4% year-on-year while that withthe EU reached 6.9 billion USD.
In a scheme on restructuring the industry and trade sector till 2030, thesector targets maintaining annual trade surplus growth of 6-8%.
To that end, the sector looks to continue diversifying export markets andgoods, developing export via e-commerce, digitalising trade promotion activities, and popularising Vietnamese trademarks./.
VNA
