Vietnam exported over US$ 1 billion worth of goods to South Korea in January, increased sharply by 32.4 per cent over the previous month and by 34.3 per cent over the same month of last year, showed the preliminary statistics figures of the General Department of Customs

Telephones and accessories were leading the list of items exported by the country to South Korea in the first month of this year with the export turnover of $ 229.57 million, accounted for 22.7 per cent of the total and increased by 120 per cent year – on – year.

It was followed by textiles and garments with $ 215.3 million, up by 18 per cent; and computers, electronics and components - $ 115.9 million, up by 43 per cent.

In 2017, the country’s exports of cassava and products to South Korea rocketed by 10,542 per cent to $ 2.37 million; petroleum – up by 426 per cent to $ 1.8 million; iron and steel – up by 219 per cent to $ 21.3 million; chemicals – up by 131 per cent to $ 2.3 million; machines, equipment and spare parts – up by 88.7 per cent to $ 75.9 million. Meanwhile, the exports of fertilizer decreased by 92.8 per cent to $ 0.2 million; ores and minerals – down by 79 per cent to $ 0.02 million; and pepper – down by 52.8 per cent to $ 1.4 million.