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Vietnam's foreign trade up 22.3 percent in 11 months

Vietnam’s foreign trade surged 22.3 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year to exceed 599.1 billion USD, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Vietnam's foreign trade up 22.3 percent in 11 months ảnh 1Cai Mep port - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s foreign trade surged22.3 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year to exceed 599.1billion USD, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The figure reached 59.7 billion USD in November, up 8.5percent month-on-month and 19.7 percent year-on-year, the GSO announced onNovember 29.

The country exported 29.9 billion USD worth of commoditiesin November, up 3.6 percent month-on-month and 18.5 percent year-on-year. It raisedthe 11-month export turnover to close to 299.7 billion USD, up 17.5 percent from a yearearlier, with the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) contributing73.6 percent of the total, or 220.68 billion USD, up 20 percent year-on-year.

Thirty-four commodity items earned export revenue of 1 billionUSD upwards during the period, which together made up 93.5 percent of the total.Industrial and processing products were the biggest currency earners, with revenueaccounting for 89 percent of the total exports, or 266.75 billion USD, up 18percent.

The US remained the biggest buyer of Vietnamese products, importing 84.8billion USD worth of goods from the Southeast Asian country in the period, a year-on-year increaseof 22.2 percent. It was followed by China (50.5 billion USD), the EU (35.7billion USD), ASEAN (25.9 billion USD), the Republic of Korea (20 billion USD),and Japan (18 billion USD).

In November, Vietnam spent 29.8 billion USD on imports, up 14 percent month-on-monthand 20.8 percent year-on-year. The 11-month import revenue rose by 27.5 percentyear-on-year to 299.45 billion USD, 93.6 percent of which were spent onpurchasing inputs for production.

China was the largest supplier of products for Vietnam, exporting to theSoutheast Asian country 98.5 billion USD worth of goods, up 32 percent from thesame period last year. It was followed by the Republic of Korea (50.3 billionUSD), ASEAN (37 billion USD), Japan (20.3 billion USD), the EU (15.5billion USD), and the US (14.2 billion USD).

The country posted a trade surplus of 225 million USD fromJanuary to November, compared to 20.19 billion USD in the same period last year./.
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