Vietnam imported US$ 834.5 million worth of cell phones and accessories in January of this year, increased by 12 per cent over the same month of last year and decreased by nearly 16.6 per cent over the previous month, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.

China and South Korea were leading the list of the country’s major import markets of cell phones and accessories. The imports from China reached $ 493 million, down by 2.6 per cent year – on – year and by 22.5 per cent month – on – month, and accounted for over 59 per cent of the total.

South Korea ranked second with $ 250.3 million, up by 24.7 per cent year – on – year, and down by 4.7 per cent month – on – month.

The other big import markets of cell phones and accessories were Hong Kong - $ 24.4 million; the U.S - $ 8.5 million; Japan - $ 2.5 million; Taiwan - $ 0.7 million; and the U.K - $ 0.9 million.

In the first month of this year, the country’s imports of cell phones and accessories from the U.S rocketed by 2,629 per cent over the same period last year; and the imports from the U.K also increased sharply by 365.8 per cent; and from Hong Kong – up by 172 per cent.

However, the imports from Taiwan and Japan decreased by 52 per cent and 40 per cent over the same period of 2016.

Vietnam’s imports of cell phones and accessories in January of 2017 - Unit: US$ - Source: the General Department of Customs 

Market	January of 2017	January of 2016	January of 2017 vs. January of 2016
Total	834,494,272	744,876,329	+12.03
China	492,969,711	506,160,036	-2.61
South Korea	250,340,739	200,838,560	+24.65
Hong Kong	24,383,260	8,965,767	+171.96
The U.S	8,507,017	311,748	+2.628.81
Japan	2,544,562	4,274,053	-40.46
The U.K	870,059	186,801	+365.77
Taiwan	706,597	1,476,544	-52.15