Over US$ 100.5 billion worth of goods imported in first half
Tuesday, July 25,2017AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnam’s imports of goods totaled US$ 100.5 billion in the first six months of this year, increased by 24.1 per cent over the same period last year.
In the first half of this year, the country’s imports of machines, equipment and spare parts increased by 37.8 per cent to US$ 18.4 billion ; cell phones and accessories and accessories - up by 29.5 per cent to $ 6.2 billion; cloth of all kinds – up by 10.1 per cent to $ 5.6 billion; iron and steel – up by 24.3 per cent to $ 4.7 billion; plastics – up by 24.6 per cent to $ 3.5 billion; petroleum – up by 31.4 per cent to $ 3.4 billion; textile, garment, leather and footwear materials – up by 9.5 per cent to $ 2.7 billion; other ordinary metals – up by 19.8 per cent to $ 2.7 billion; plastic products – up by 20.6 per cent to $ 2.5 billion; chemical products – up by 18.7 per cent to $ 2.1 billion; chemicals – up by 34.8 per cent to $ 2 billion; animal feed and materials – up by 15.5 per cent to $ 1.7 billion; drugs – up by 4 per cent to $ 1.3 billion; cotton – up by 58.6 per cent to $ 1.3 billion; wood and furniture – up by 21 per cent to $ 1.1 billion.
China was still the country’s biggest import market in the first half of this year with the import value of $ 27.1 billion, up by 16.8 per cent year – on – year. It was followed by South Korea with $ 22.5 billion, up by 51.2 per cent; ASEAN - $ 13.6 billion, up by 17.6 per cent; Japan - $ 7.7 billion, up by 10.7 per cent; EU - $ 5.8 billion, up by 16.3 per cent; and the U.S - $ 4.8 billion, up by 27.2 per cent.
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Source: vietnamexport.com
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