In April only, the imports of plastics reached 377,483 tons worth of $ 620.5 million, down by 22.4 per cent in quantity and 30.3 per cent in value compared with the previous month.

The country’s imports of plastics from the South East Asian countries in the first four months of this year reached 350,388 tons worth of $ 513.07 million, up by 23.7 per cent in quantity and 29.5 per cent in value compared with the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the imports from South Korea increased by 3.5 per cent in quantity and 8.6 per cent in value to 295,474 tons worth of $ 505.56 million; from Saudi Arabia – up by 15 per cent in quantity and 25.5 per cent in value to 333.101 tons worth of $ 418.9 million.

The imports from China were up by 4.7 per cent in quantity and 18.7 per cent in value to 162,343 tons worth of $ 316.16 million.

In the first four months of this year, Vietnam’s imports of plastics from India increased sharply by 123 per cent in quantity and 115 per cent in value to 44,579 tons worth of $ 56.79 million; from Germany – up by 95 per cent to $ 60.44 million; from the Philippines – up by 74.2 per cent to $ 10.58 million; from Thailand – up by 43.7 per cent to $ 266.48 million; from South Africa – up by 43.6 per cent to $ 10.74 million.

However, the imports of plastics from Brazil, Canada, France, and Belgium fell by 46.4 per cent; 45 per cent; 30 per cent and 28.9 per cent in value year – on – year.

Market	First 4 months of 2018		Year on year (%)
	Quantity (ton)	Value (US$)	Quantity	Value
Total	1,685,137	2,691,829,349	10.2	18.47
South Korea	295,474	505,559,894	3.48	8.64
Saudi Arabia	333,101	418,896,813	14.96	25.49
Taiwan	226,997	371,323,243	14.55	16.96
China	162,343	316,158,961	4.66	18.72
Thailand	186,163	266,479,084	35.87	43.65
Japan	64,775	137,661,999	-5.74	6.68
Singapore	69,507	107,030,288	10.98	17.29
Malaysia	56,240	89,616,301	6.31	11.92
The U.S	40,874	88,521,711	-30.28	-4.5
Germany	9,802	60,442,407	61.91	95.07
India	44,579	56,785,092	123.31	115.4
The U.A.E	33,922	45,870,641	-7.71	4.52
Indonesia	31,619	39,262,785	17.41	17.92
Kuwait	29,062	35,904,021	-3.04	7.29
Qatar	28,266	35,533,122	17.5	20.97
South Africa	8,606	10,744,680	33.97	43.57
The Philippines	6,859	10,682,279	79.98	74.15
Australia	5,309	8,106,726	16.3	43.42
Spain	4,231	7,178,506	-4.38	-6.71
Belgium	3,364	6,773,857	-25.43	-28.9
The Netherlands	2,121	5,433,816	-15.8	8.97
Russia	4,417	5,417,635	-4.27	3.5
France	1,052	4,614,440	-60.09	-29.98
Italy	1,481	4,432,278	-10.35	21.47
Britain	1,077	3,802,879	31.02	37.26
Hong Kong	1,738	3,321,905	-17.16	-14.92
Canada	2,568	3,297,807	-48.6	-44.96
Brazil	1,782	2,701,620	-59.32	-46.37
Sweden	230	1,028,042	-33.53	5.85