Import and export items with value of over 1 billion USD in first quarter of 2019
Thursday, April 18,2019AsemconnectVietnam - In the first quarter of 2019, there were 9 export items and 13 import items that got turnover of over 1 billion USD, according to the preliminary statistics figures of the General Statistics Office.
9 leading export items accounted for nearly 71 per cent of the country’s total export turnover while 13 leading import items accounted for 69.5 per cent of the country’s total import value.
Leading export items in the first quarter of 2019
In the first quarter of 2019, there were 9 items with export value of over 1 billion USD, accounting for 70.8 per cent of the total export turnover, of which the exports of a number of valuable items increased over the same period last year: textiles and garments reached 7.3 billion USD, up by 3.3 per cent; electronics, computers and components - reached 6.9 billion USD, up by 9.3 per cent; footwear - reached 4 billion USD, up by 15.3 per cent; machinery, equipment and spare parts - reached 3.9 billion USD, up by 5.2 per cent; wood and wood products - reached 2.3 billion USD, up by 17per cent; vehicles and spare parts reached 2.2 billion USD, up by 7.6 per cent; iron and steel reached 1.1 billion USD, up by 3.6 per cent. Although phones and components got the leading export turnover of 12.1 billion USD, accounting for 20.6 per cent of total export turnover but the figure fell by 4.3 per cent compared to the same period last year; while the exports of seafood reached 1.7 billion USD, down by 1.4 per cent.
Leading import items in the first quarter of 2019
In the first quarter of 2019, there were 13 items which recorded the import value of over 1 billion USD, accounting for 69.5 per cent of the country’s total import value, of which the import value of some items increased compared to the same period last year: electronics and machines properties and components reached 11.7 billion USD (accounting for 20.2 per cent of total import value), up by 12.2 per cent over the same period last year; machinery, equipment and spare parts - reached 8.7 billion USD, up by 15.1 per cent; fabric - reached 2.8 billion USD, up by 6.4 per cent; iron and steel reached 2.3 billion USD, up by 4.1 per cent; plastics - reached 2.2 billion USD, up by 4.1 per cent; automobile - reached 1.8 billion USD, up by 103.7 per cent; plastic products - reached 1.5 billion USD, up by 7.8 per cent; textile, garment and footwear accessories - reached 1.4 billion USD, up by 8.8 per cent; chemicals - reached 1.2 billion USD, up by 7 per cent; chemical products - reached 1.2 billion USD, up by 3.5 per cent. Besides, the import value of some valuable products decreased compared to the same period in 2018: phones and components - reached 2.8 billion USD, down by 15.4 per cent; ordinary metals - reach 1.5 billion USD, down by 11 per cent; gasoline - reached 1.2 billion USD, down by 47.6 per cent.
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Source: VITIC
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