In the first four months of this year, Vietnam imported over US$ 17 billion from China, up by 16.09 per cent over the same period last year, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.

Vietnam imported 45 items from China, leading by machines, equipment and spare parts with the import value of $ 3.3 billion, up by 29.6 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 19.7 per cent of the total. It was followed by cell phones and accessories with $ 2.1 billion, up by 6.28 per cent; and computers, electronics and components with over $ 2 billion, up by 25.84 per cent.

Item	First 4 months of 2017	First 4 months of 2016	Comparison (%)
Total	17,145,021,092	14,768,776,755	16.09
	3,390,693,340	2,616,224,244	29.60
Machines, equipment and spare parts	2,134,947,737	2,008,858,187	6.28
Computers, electronics and components	2,090,193,908	1,660,998,320	25.84
Cloth of all kinds	1,736,229,929	1,618,643,609	7.26
Iron and steel of all kinds	1,527,284,275	1,251,334,801	22.05
Textile, garment, leather and footwear materials	675,101,798	580,832,008	16.23
Plastic products	520,270,210	437,231,950	18.99
Chemicals	381,754,778	307,495,983	24.15
Chemical products	329,027,503	244,163,250	34.76
Iron and steel products	317,676,056	296,364,735	7.19
Other ordinary metals	301,186,380	484,039,782	-37.78
Plastics	266,316,778	178,367,509	49.31
Fibers of all kinds	251,243,458	206,763,287	21.51
Auto components and spare parts	220,080,190	235,241,111	-6.44
Electric wires and cables	198,707,870	153,829,275	29.17
Petroleum of all kinds	180,282,420	151,602,836	18.92
Fertilizer of all kinds	167,012,452	159,905,905	4.44
Pesticide and materials	161,721,021	111,945,312	44.46
Glass and products	144,729,976	102,201,650	41.61
Household appliances and spare parts	116,858,153	104,028,640	12.33
Other ordinary metal products	108,824,288	78,345,165	38.90
Cameras, camcorders and spare parts	108,601,314	139,698,024	-22.26
Wood and furniture	103,718,887	77,654,939	33.56
Paper of all kinds	98,015,865	88,554,866	10.68
Liquefied gas	91,559,244	64,494,168	41.97
Paper products	83,904,462	69,394,370	20.91
Pharmaceutical materials	74,370,989	70,952,937	4.82
Rubber products	73,280,181	63,917,966	14.65
CBU autos of all kinds	72,052,160	157,771,458	-54.33
Coal	65,370,410	63,065,355	3.66
Fruit and vegetables	59,567,425	50,725,629	17.43
Animal feed and materials	50,272,563	54,046,565	-6.98
Seafood	38,255,824	20,342,841	88.06
Other means of transport and spare parts	34,297,034	32,649,900	5.04
Tobacco materials	32,714,396	16,637,092	96.64
Rubber	27,317,313	13,713,458	99.20
Pharmaceuticals	26,633,101	15,474,207	72.11
Ores and minerals	19,725,557	13,419,395	46.99
Hygiene products	16,665,413	15,789,481	5.55
Other oil products	15,430,904	17,086,699	-9.69
Other food products	12,711,855	9,765,938	30.17
Precious stones, metals and products	5,182,383	6,111,543	-15.20
Oil and grease	4,108,060	2,760,534	48.81
Confectionery and grain products	3,604,918	3,250,476	10.90
Cotton of all kinds	280,960	1,246,462	-77.46

The foreign direct investment of China in Vietnam in the first quarter of this year increased sharply by over 4.1 folds compared with the same period last year with the total new registered capital of $ 735 million. China has become the third biggest investors in Vietnam.