Vietnam exported US$ 5.1 billion worth of goods to Japan in the first four months of this year, increased by over 17 per cent over the same period of 2016, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.

Textiles and garments were the biggest item exported by the country to Japan in the period with the export turnover of $ 935.9 million, up by 10.7 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 18.5 per cent of the total. It was followed by means of transport and spare parts with $ 660.7 million; machines, equipment and spare parts - $ 542.9 million, up by 16.5 per cent; seafood - $ 359.6 million; and wood and furniture - $ 342.7 million.

In the first four months of this year, the country’s exports of coal to Japan rocketed by 26 times or 2.488 per cent to $ 35.4 million; while the exports of crude oil – up by 411 per cent; iron and steel – up by 170 per cent; rubber – up by 70 per cent; fibers of all kinds – up by 62.7 per cent; cell phones and accessories – up by 67.8 per cent.

However, the country’s exports of cassava and products to Japan decreased sharply by 90.6 per cent; pepper – down by 29 per cent; animal feed and materials – down by 29.6 per cent.

Item	First 4 months of 2017	First 4 months of 2016	First 4 months of 2017 vs. same period of 2016 (%)
Total	5,061,677,793	4,323,250,228	+17.08
Textiles and garments	935,901,850	845,170,666	+10.74
Means of transport and spare parts	660,700,278	592,329,376	+11.54
Machines, equipment and spare parts	542,859,120	466,013,383	+16.49
Seafood	359,595,071	273,983,888	+31.25
Wood and furniture	342,670,249	323,298,397	+5.99
Computers, electronics and components	235,912,795	179,624,555	+31.34
Footwear of all kinds	227,987,449	226,307,159	+0.74
Plastic products	175,953,492	161,148,015	+9.19
Crude oil	168,573,970	32,987,489	+411.02
Handbags, wallets, suitcases, hats and umbrellas	122,711,757	120,005,548	+2.26
Iron and steel products	96,725,949	85,758,552	+12.79
Chemicals	92,666,280	78,861,672	+17.50
Cell phones and accessories	92,497,406	55,137,504	+67.76
Electric wires and cables	82,254,964	69,247,335	+18.78
Toys, sports equipment and spare parts	72,495,978	59,998,014	+20.83
Coffee	71,996,054	58,801,149	+22.44
Ordinary metals and products	63,277,077	72,766,540	-13.04
Coal	35,426,079	1,368,956	+2487.82
Rubber products	34,730,319	27,283,070	+27.30
Glass and products	31,867,654	29,245,532	+8.97
Fruit and vegetables	31,542,034	20,816,971	+51.52
Chemical products	30,442,991	33,161,575	-8.20
Textile, garment, leather and footwear materials	28,915,664	21,311,742	+35.68
Paper and products	26,751,131	26,650,278	+0.38
Cameras, camcorders and components	25,526,977	24,269,540	+5.18
Ceramic and porcelain products	24,478,189	23,929,163	+2.29
Fibers of all kinds	22,671,666	13,935,200	+62.69
Precious stones, metals and products	18,878,160	14,930,193	+26.44
Bamboo, rattan, sedge and carpet products	15,304,374	13,646,284	+12.15
Confectionery and grain products	12,949,402	11,000,973	+17.71
Technical cloth	12,338,339	12,687,032	-2.75
Rubber	7,592,847	4,464,184	+70.08
Cashew nuts	6,529,015	6,113,070	+6.80
Pepper	6,521,632	9,210,235	-29.19
Animal feed and materials	6,288,825	8,934,196	-29.61
Iron and steel of all kinds	4,588,825	1,701,987	+169.62
Ores and minerals	4,117,081	3,360,149	+22.53
Plastics	3,065,092	2,779,432	+10.28
Cassava and products	664,814	7,099,119	-90.64
Fertilizer	451,726	522,133	-13.48