Imports of pharmaceuticals from Canada and Singapore increased sharply
Sunday, June 24,2018AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam’s imports of pharmaceuticals increased slightly by 6.4 per cent year – on – year in the first five months of this year to US$ 1.1 billion, showed the statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.
In the first five months of this year, Vietnam’s imports of pharmaceuticals from EU accounted for 52.1 per cent of the total while the imports from the South East Asian countries – accounted for 4.3 per cent; and others – 43.4 per cent.
France was the country’s biggest pharmaceutical import market of Vietnam in the period with the import value of $ 134.6 million, accounted for 11.7 per cent of the total and increased by 11.95 per cent of the total.
It was followed by Germany with $ 120.8 million, down by 5.49 per cent; and then India, Switzerland, Italy and South Korea.
In the first five months of this year, the country’s imports of pharmaceuticals from Canada and Singapore increased sharply by 115.43 per cent and 105.95 per cent to $ 7.8 million and $ 3.1 million, respectively year – on – year.
However, the imports of pharmaceuticals from Malaysia decreased sharply by 74.26 per cent.
Vietnam’s pharmaceutical import markets in the first five months of 2018 - source: VITIC – according to the figures of the General Department of Customs
Market
|
First 5 months of 2018 (US$)
|
Comparison (%)
|
France
|
134,646,898
|
11.95
|
Germany
|
120,819,327
|
-5.49
|
India
|
95,871,942
|
-16.47
|
Switzerland
|
88,007,660
|
47.74
|
Italy
|
84,505,060
|
41.56
|
South Korea
|
63,504,559
|
-13.35
|
Britain
|
62,630,860
|
17.1
|
The U.S
|
47,388,295
|
-12.64
|
Spain
|
35,559,929
|
35.84
|
Ireland
|
31,591,972
|
2.19
|
Belgium
|
29,602,966
|
-2.28
|
Japan
|
28,639,017
|
66.62
|
Thailand
|
26,638,907
|
-22.8
|
Australia
|
24,510,787
|
44.23
|
Austria
|
20,943,092
|
-19.28
|
Poland
|
20,180,867
|
-7.59
|
Sweden
|
17,274,756
|
19.81
|
China
|
14,695,261
|
-50.2
|
Denmark
|
14,169,506
|
33.03
|
Hungary
|
13,001,699
|
10.43
|
Indonesia
|
11,345,964
|
83.26
|
The Netherlands
|
11,302,358
|
-19.75
|
Canada
|
7,810,738
|
115.43
|
The Philippines
|
7,092,689
|
-4.33
|
Russia
|
4,934,787
|
53.15
|
Pakistan
|
4,218,461
|
-22.26
|
Taiwan
|
4,147,675
|
-48.38
|
Turkey
|
4,110,509
|
-27.9
|
Singapore
|
3,169,631
|
104.95
|
Argentina
|
1,801,247
|
-50.63
|
Malaysia
|
1,306,601
|
-74.26
|
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