Vietnam – Singapore trade exchange totaled US$ 6.2 billion in 9 months
Monday, October 16,2017AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam got US$ 1.7 billion of deficit in trade exchange with Singapore in the first nine months of this year, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.
In the period, the bilateral trade exchange between the two countries reached $ 6.2 billion. Of the figure, Vietnam exported $ 2.2 billion worth of goods to, and imported over $ 4 billion worth of goods from Singapore.
Petroleum was leading the list of items imported by the country from Singapore in the first nine months of this year with 3.4 million tons worth of $ 1.7 billion, up by 7.09 per cent in quantity and 34.62 per cent in value over the same period last year.
It was followed by computers, electronics and components with $ 567 million, down by 32.89 per cent; and then machines, equipment and spare parts - $ 261.8 million, down by 11.46 per cent.
In the first nine months of this year, the country’s imports of ordinary metals from Singapore increased sharply by 179.46 per cent year – on – year to $ 6.4 million while the imports of ores and minerals – up by 170.06 per cent to $ 2.6 million; and plastic products – up by 153.84 per cent to $ 33 million.
Vietnam’s imports of goods from Singapore in the first 9 months of 2017 – source: the General Department of Customs
Item
|
September of 2017 (US$)
|
September of 2017 vs. August of 2017 (%)
|
First 9 months of 2017 (US$)
|
First 9 months of 2017 vs. same period of 2016 (%)
|
Total
|
317,341,282
|
-22.7
|
4,002,518,003
|
9.65
|
Petroleum of all kinds
|
78,486,846
|
-46
|
1,704,872,955
|
34.62
|
Computers, electronics and components
|
54,563,602
|
-12.86
|
567,084,720
|
-32.89
|
Machines, equipment and spare parts
|
26,490,071
|
-9.54
|
261,832,087
|
-11.46
|
Plastics
|
26,340,838
|
-3.67
|
218,433,223
|
20.8
|
Other oil products
|
21,502,461
|
38.37
|
185,088,062
|
17.72
|
Hygiene products
|
18,407,164
|
-10.79
|
155,908,786
|
17.33
|
Chemical products
|
15,572,802
|
-25.54
|
147,328,170
|
31.35
|
Chemicals
|
15,571,195
|
-23.63
|
144,186,993
|
51.75
|
Papers of all kinds
|
13,259,569
|
-1.5
|
128,243,706
|
9.05
|
Milk and dairy products
|
4,790,435
|
-62.3
|
93,329,151
|
-13.81
|
Other food products
|
4,330,309
|
-46.06
|
72,485,917
|
-5.97
|
Iron and steel scraps
|
4,511,722
|
105.72
|
36,805,307
|
80.71
|
Pesticide and materials
|
4,989,652
|
5.62
|
36,271,205
|
6.17
|
Plastic products
|
4,254,638
|
15.9
|
33,048,412
|
153.84
|
Iron and steel products
|
1,515,755
|
-16.21
|
16,500,607
|
-21.39
|
Other ordinary metals
|
1,433,866
|
-7.9
|
12,747,257
|
-7.53
|
Animal feed and materials
|
1,094,757
|
-16.1
|
11,340,622
|
-24.6
|
Seafood
|
500,411
|
-17.68
|
7,635,404
|
81.66
|
Electric wires and cables
|
864,952
|
57.22
|
6,624,223
|
-10.62
|
Other metal products
|
1,046,714
|
-19.19
|
6,453,157
|
179.46
|
Other means of transport and spare parts
|
445,151
|
-4.95
|
4,848,643
|
4.62
|
Pharmaceutical materials
|
613,875
|
22.78
|
4,373,987
|
7.65
|
Confectionery and grain products
|
384,636
|
-36.54
|
4,037,163
|
-3.58
|
Rubber products
|
500,019
|
55.74
|
3,993,546
|
9.98
|
Iron and steel of all kinds
|
173,923
|
-41.35
|
2,800,236
|
-43.27
|
Ores and minerals
|
572,579
|
229.21
|
2,672,192
|
170.06
|
Pharmaceuticals
|
198,542
|
-61.13
|
2,625,647
|
-67.59
|
Fabric of all kinds
|
211,739
|
-20.02
|
2,601,094
|
9.25
|
Textile, garment, leather and footwear materials
|
147,408
|
-10.67
|
1,644,740
|
19.72
|
Oil and grease
|
151,306
|
24.78
|
1,455,790
|
8.81
|
Paper products
|
78,141
|
-48.72
|
1,195,568
|
-10.85
|
Tobacco materials
|
|
|
115,210
|
-95.4
|
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