The figure brought the country’s total imports of pharmaceutical materials in the first two months of this year  to US$ 68.8 million, increased by 19.6 per cent over the same period of 2017.

The leading import markets of pharmaceutical materials in the first two months of this year were India with $ 10.6 million, down by 9.96 per cent year – on – year; Germany - $ 2.9 million, up by 64.07 per cent; and Spain - $ 1.9 million, up by 16.07 per cent.

Especially, in the first two months of this year, Vietnam’s imports of pharmaceutical materials from South Korea increased by 334.9 per cent to $ 1.3 million.