Imports from Japan increased sharply
Wednesday, July 12,2017AsemconnectVietnam - Japan is not the third largest import market of Vietnam after China and South Korea.
In the first five months of this year, Vietnam imported nearly US$ 6.4 billion worth of goods from Japan, up by 14.3 per cent over the same period last year, showed the preliminary statistics figures of the General Department of Customs.
Machines, equipment and spare parts were leading the list of items imported by the country from Japan with the import value of $ 1.74 billion, up by 7.2 per cent year – on – year and accounted for 27.4 per cent of the total.
It was followed by computers, electronics and components with $ 1.14 billion, up by 22.8 per cent; and iron and steel - $ 574.2 million, down by 17.5 per cent.
In the first five months of this year, the country’s imports of cameras, camcorders and components from Japan increased sharply by 122.6 per cent to $ 41 million; ordinary metals – up by 85.5 per cent to $ 171.5 million; cell phones and accessories – up by 80.5 per cent to $ 25.5 million; household appliances and components – up by 75 per cent to $ 8.7 million; rubber – up by 58.5 per cent to $ 61.6 million; other means of transport and spare parts – up by 54 per cent to $ 101.7 million.
However, the imports of tobacco materials and coal decreased by 99.8 per cent and 38.5 per cent, respectively year – on - year.
Vietnam’s imports of goods from Japan in the first five 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
|
6,364,557,934
|
5,569,451,691
|
+14.28
|
Machines, equipment and spare parts
|
1,741,995,004
|
1,624,574,445
|
+7.23
|
Computers, electronics and components
|
1,141,549,075
|
929,860,556
|
+22.77
|
Iron and steel of all kinds
|
574,181,838
|
488,547,901
|
+17.53
|
Plastic products
|
300,724,229
|
240,206,589
|
+25.19
|
Cloth of all kinds
|
252,366,056
|
233,523,764
|
+8.07
|
Auto components and spare parts
|
247,668,119
|
284,323,068
|
-12.89
|
Iron and steel products
|
185,377,769
|
169,034,429
|
+9.67
|
Other ordinary metals
|
171,510,503
|
92,480,484
|
+85.46
|
Chemicals
|
166,162,833
|
119,164,675
|
+39.44
|
Plastics
|
161,168,197
|
120,108,310
|
+34.19
|
Iron and steel scraps
|
156,188,756
|
199,797,325
|
-21.83
|
Chemical products
|
155,804,568
|
111,931,297
|
+39.20
|
Other means of transport and spare parts
|
101,724,267
|
66,193,709
|
+53.68
|
Textile, garment, leather and footwear materials
|
95,425,356
|
82,882,710
|
+15.13
|
Paper of all kinds
|
68,494,973
|
54,166,341
|
+26.45
|
Rubber
|
61,636,938
|
38,893,636
|
+58.48
|
CBU autos of all kinds
|
56,408,719
|
124,924,628
|
54.85
|
Rubber products
|
53,545,840
|
45,766,914
|
+17.00
|
Electric wires and cables
|
52,139,496
|
42,116,405
|
+23.80
|
Glass and products
|
43,412,856
|
41,422,614
|
+4.80
|
Cameras, camcorders and components
|
40,999,891
|
18,420,203
|
+122.58
|
Other metal products
|
36,394,428
|
34,467,512
|
+5.59
|
Seafood
|
28,474,051
|
25,449,660
|
+11.88
|
Cell phones and accessories
|
25,515,472
|
14,137,344
|
+80.48
|
Paper products
|
20,574,699
|
16,250,975
|
+26.61
|
Fibers of all kinds
|
18,122,834
|
19,637,742
|
-7.71
|
Pharmaceuticals
|
17,188,192
|
14,900,725
|
+15.35
|
Pesticide and materials
|
16,808,573
|
17,113,487
|
-1.78
|
Fertilizer of all kinds
|
14,499,089
|
12,916,329
|
+12.25
|
Other oil products
|
12,235,328
|
13,212,563
|
-7.40
|
Precious stones, metals and products
|
10,216,276
|
10,210,971
|
+0.05
|
Hygiene products
|
9,538,308
|
10,799,973
|
-11.68
|
Household appliances and components
|
8,692,871
|
4,963,594
|
+75.13
|
Other food products
|
8,164,272
|
6,310,078
|
+29.38
|
Milk and dairy products
|
6,294,661
|
7,011,623
|
-10.23
|
Wood and furniture
|
3,283,306
|
2,820,990
|
+16.39
|
Ores and minerals
|
3,086,089
|
2,866,599
|
+7.66
|
Animal feed and materials
|
2,291,381
|
2,060,109
|
+11.23
|
Coal
|
24,134
|
39,260
|
-38.53
|
Tobacco materials
|
22,281
|
10,153,874
|
-99.78
|
CK
Source: VITIC
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