The average petroleum import price in the first nine months of this year was $671 per ton, up by 27.3 per cent over the same period last year.

Malaysia was leading the list of petroleum import markets of Vietnam in the period with over 2.67 million tons worth of over $1.67 billion, up by 38.6 per cent in quantity and 88.7 per cent over the same period last year.

South Korea ranked second with 2.33 million tons worth of $1.71 billion, up by 9 per cent in quantity and 30.5 per cent in value year – on – year.

Meanwhile, the imports of petroleum from Singapore fell by 40.4 per cent in quantity and 21.8 per cent in
value compared with the same period last year to 2.08 million tons worth of $1.33 billion.

The imports of petroleum from China increased by 44.9 per cent in quantity and 94.8 per cent in value to 1.1 million tons worth of $751.99 million.

Besides, the country’s imports of petroleum from Thailand reached 951,864 tons of petroleum worth of $641.96 million in the period, down by 13.5 per cent in quantity but up by 15.5 per cent in value; from Russia – 60,361 tons worth of $51.24 million, up by 106.3 per cent in quantity and 200.5 per cent in value; and from Hong Kong (CN) reached 102 tons worth of $61,294.

Market	First 9 months of 2018		First 9 months of 2018 vs. same period of 2017
	Quantity (ton)	Value (US$)	Quantity	Value
Total	9,327,381	6,258,874,702	-1.84	24.92
Malaysia	2,665,803	1,673,670,441	38.6	88.65
South Korea	2,330,433	1,711,095,441	8.96	30.54
Singapore	2,077,308	1,333,180,769	-40.43	-21.8
China	1,095,202	751,985,978	44.86	94.8
Thailand	951,864	641,963,148	-13.52	15.5
Russia	60,361	51,244,873	106.26	200.48
Hong Kong (CN)	102	61,294