AsemconnectVietnam - By the end of July of 2025, Vietnam spent nearly 252.26 billion USD importing goods, an increase of 17.9%, equivalent to an increase of 38.35 billion USD compared to the same period last year, according to the latest statistics of the Customs Department.

2 groups with import value exceeded 10 billion USD
The data from the Customs agency recorded that in the past 7 months, 43/53 key commodity groups increased compared to the same period last year.
Of which, the groups with the strongest increase were: computers, electronic products and components increased by 22.18 billion USD; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts increased by 6.58 billion USD; plastic products increased by 976 million USD...
Of the 10 largest import commodity groups of Vietnam by the end of July, there were 2 groups with a turnover of 10 billion USD or more.
Leading the way were computers, electronic products and components reaching 81.78 billion USD, up by 37.2% over the same period last year, equivalent to an increase of 22.17 billion USD and accounting for nearly 32% of the country's total import turnover.
China was the largest market supplying this group of goods to Vietnam with a turnover of 28.55 billion USD, up by 47.1%, equivalent to an increase of 9.14 billion USD.
Following were South Korea with 20.65 billion USD, up by 15.9%, equivalent to an increase of 2.83 billion USD; Taiwan (China) with 12.67 billion USD, up by 72.4%, equivalent to an increase of 5.32 billion USD; Japan with 4.49 billion USD, up by 5%, equivalent to an increase of 215 million USD.
Machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts was the second largest import group with 33.49 billion USD, up by 24.5%, equivalent to an increase of 6.58 billion USD compared to the same period of 2024.
In which, the import turnover of this group of goods by FDI enterprises was 21.38 billion USD, up by 26.9% and by domestic enterprises is 12.11 billion USD, up by 20.4%.
Vietnam mainly imports machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts from the Chinese market with a turnover of 21.32 billion USD, up by 35.5%, equivalent to an increase of 5.59 billion USD and accounting for 64% of the import turnover of this group of goods nationwide.
3 groups with decreased turnover
The remaining 8 largest import commodity groups in the top 10 include: fabrics of all kinds with 8.75 billion USD, up by 3.2% over the same period last year; raw plastic materials 7.32 billion USD, up by 11.58%; base metals 6.38 billion USD, up by 17.49 billion USD; plastic products 5.93 billion USD, up by 19.56%; phones of all kinds and components 5.88 billion USD, up by 8.3%.
Notably, there were 3 commodity groups with decreased turnover: iron and steel 6.23 billion USD, down by 9.6%; chemicals 4.61 billion USD, down by 6.1%; Crude oil 4.54 billion USD, down by 10.45%.
The 5 largest import markets in the past 7 months were China, South Korea, ASEAN, Japan, the US, Taiwan (China).
Of which, the Chinese market had a turnover of up to 101.45 billion USD, up by 27.2%, equivalent to an increase of 21.71 billion USD compared to the same period last year and accounting for 40.2% of the total import turnover of the whole country.
The imports from South Korea reached 33.66 billion USD, up by 5.4%, equivalent to an increase of 1.72 billion USD; from ASEAN reached 30.67 billion USD, up by 15.4%, equivalent to an increase of 4.0 billion USD; from Japan reached 13.77 billion USD, up by 9.2%, equivalent to an increase of 1.16 billion USD; the US reached 10.54 billion USD, up by 22.7%, equivalent to an increase of 1.95 billion USD; and from Taiwan (China) reached 18.01 billion USD, a sharp increase of 45.2%, equivalent to an increase of 5.61 billion USD.
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Source: VITIC/ haiquanonline.com.vn