Over $ 3.5 billion worth of goods imported from Singapore
Tuesday, July 11,2017AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam – Singapore trade relationship has been developing. Singapore is still the country’s big trade partner and ranks first in the list of our trade partners in ASEAN.
The bilateral trade exchange between Vietnam and Singapore totaled over US$ 3.5 billion in the first five months of this year, increased by 14.7 per cent over the same period of 2016, showed the preliminary statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.
Of the figure, the country exported over $ 1.2 billion worth of goods to and imported $ 2.3 billion worth of goods from Singapore, up by 36.4 per cent and 5.8 per cent, respectively. So in the first five months, Vietnam got $ 1.1 billion of deficit in trade exchange with Singapore.
Petroleum was leading the list of items imported from Singapore in the first five months of this year with over $ 1 billion, accounted for 45.4 per cent of the total.
It was followed by computers, electronics and components with $ 318.4 million, down by 45.6 per cent; machines, equipment and spare parts - $ 132.6 million, down by 23.4 per cent; plastics - $ 117 million, up by 19.7 per cent; and other oil products - $ 110.7 million, up by 29.4 per cent.
In the first five months of this year, Vietnam’s exports of ores and minerals to Singapore rocketed by 20 folds or 1,885 per cent to $ 1.5 million; while the exports of iron and steel scraps – up by 243.8 per cent to $ 21.1 million; metal products – up by 181 per cent to $ 3 million; seafood – up by 79 per cent to $ 4.6 million; plastic products – up by 96 per cent to $ 15 million.
However, the imports of tobacco materials was down by 90 per cent to $ 0.1 million; pharmaceuticals – down by 66 per cent to $ 1.5 million; computers, electronics and components – down by 46 per cent to $ 318.4 million.
Vietnam’s imports of goods from Singapore in the first 5 months of 2017 - Unit: US$ - source: the General Department of Customs
Item
|
First 5 months of 2017
|
First 5 months of 2016
|
First 5 months of 2017 vs. same period of 2016 (%)
|
Total
|
2,308,450,671
|
2,181,058,882
|
+5.84
|
Petroleum of all kinds
|
1,047,646,022
|
750,538,155
|
+39.59
|
Computers, electronics and components
|
318,360,441
|
585,110,050
|
-45.59
|
Machines, equipment and spare parts
|
132,580,400
|
173,050,511
|
-23.39
|
Plastics
|
116,951,275
|
97,742,197
|
+19.65
|
Other oil products
|
110,746,234
|
85,612,717
|
+29.36
|
Hygiene products
|
80,571,169
|
76,020,466
|
+5.99
|
Papers of all kinds
|
74,723,184
|
63,201,402
|
+18.23
|
Chemical products
|
73,828,815
|
60,490,133
|
+22.05
|
Chemicals
|
70,905,056
|
48,860,889
|
+45.12
|
Milk and products
|
55,877,670
|
59,037,629
|
-5.35
|
Other food products
|
47,499,120
|
34,743,135
|
+36.72
|
Iron and steel scraps
|
21,067,224
|
6,128,206
|
+243.77
|
Pesticide and materials
|
20,320,486
|
21,386,044
|
-4.98
|
Plastic products
|
14,966,433
|
7,640,982
|
+95.87
|
Iron and steel products
|
9,803,407
|
11,533,071
|
-15.00
|
Animal feed and materials
|
7,086,462
|
7,528,739
|
-5.87
|
Other ordinary metals
|
6,645,354
|
7,796,750
|
-14.77
|
Seafood
|
4,628,230
|
2,586,369
|
+78.95
|
Electric wires and cables
|
3,782,858
|
4,892,373
|
-22.68
|
Other metal products
|
2,986,209
|
1,061,984
|
+181.19
|
Means of transport and spare parts
|
2,840,381
|
2,857,626
|
-0.60
|
Rubber products
|
2,482,298
|
1,956,434
|
+26.88
|
Confectionery and grain products
|
2,333,006
|
2,098,791
|
+11.16
|
Pharmaceutical materials
|
2,285,830
|
2,259,534
|
+1.16
|
Iron and steel of all kinds
|
1,803,123
|
2,379,676
|
-24.23
|
Pharmaceuticals
|
1,546,541
|
4,601,334
|
-66.39
|
Ores and other minerals
|
1,459,862
|
73,539
|
+1885.15
|
Cloth of all kinds
|
1,380,595
|
1,167,854
|
+18.22
|
Oil and grease
|
892,014
|
781,260
|
+14.18
|
Textile, garment, leather and footwear materials
|
842,305
|
925,801
|
-9.02
|
Paper products
|
789,557
|
680,996
|
+15.94
|
Cashew nuts
|
218,750
|
|
*
|
Tobacco materials
|
115,055
|
1,165,008
|
-90.12
|
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Source: VITIC
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