With the figure, Germany remains the largest European trade partnerof Vietnam and an important entrepot gateway for Vietnamese wares toenter other European countries.
Vietnam’s majorexport lines to the European country during the period includedtelephones and spare parts, garments and textiles, footwear, coffee,computers, electronic products and spare parts , aquatic product,wood and wooden products.
In the first half ofthis year, the two countries posted a two-way trade value of nearly3.7 billion USD, up 29.5 percent over the same period last year.
Last year, it was over 6.47 billion USD, up 16.3 percent over 2011.-VNA