Of the figure, the country exported $ 5.67 billion worth of goods to; and imported $ 9.16 billion worth of goods from China, increased by 50.6 per cent and 20.4 per cent, respectively year – on – year. So in the first two months of this year, Vietnam got $ 3.49 billion of deficit in trade exchange with China.

Machines, equipment and spare parts; telephones and components; computers, electronics and components were the three import items in 1 billion club.

Machines, equipment and spare parts were leading in the list of items imported by the country from China in the first two months of this year with the import value of nearly $ 1.72 billion, up by 14.7 per cent year – on – year. It was followed by telephones and components with $ 1.42 billion, up by 40.6 per cent; and then computers, electronics and components - $ 1.05 billion, up by 7 per cent.

In the first two months of this year, Vietnam’s imports of cameras, camcorders and components from  China increased sharply by 178.7 per cent to $ 134.35 million.

Meanwhile, the imports of petroleum from China also increased by 110.6 per cent year – on – year in the first two months of this year to $ 139.37 million; household appliances – up by 94.9 per cent to $ 82.91 million; coal – up by 80.8 per cent to $ 34.59 million; animal feed and materials – up b 78.9 per cent to $ 37.05 million; cotton – up by 77.8 per cent to $ 0.21 million.

However, the imports of CBU autos from China in the first two months of this year fell sharply by 85.8 per cent to $ 2.44 million; tobacco materials – down by 49.4 per cent to $ 8.42 million; fertilizer – down by 44.5 per cent to $ 41.43 million; pharmaceuticals – down by 43.5 per cent to $ 5.08 million.