AsemconnectVietnam - In the first period of October (1-15/10), imports of goods reached 15.78 billion USD, down by 5.8% compared to the results in the second half of September of 2024.

According to the preliminary statistics of the General Department of Customs, the total import turnover of goods of Vietnam in the first period of October (1-15/10/2024) reached 15.78 billion USD, down by 5.8% (equivalent to a decrease of 968 million USD) compared to the results in the second half of September of 2024.
Some groups of goods with notable decreases include: computers, electronic products and components decreased by 481 million USD, equivalent to a decrease of 10%; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts decreased by 156 million USD, equivalent to a decrease of 7.2%;
Totally from the beginning of the year to October 15, 2024, the total import turnover of the whole country reached 294.66 billion USD, an increase of 17.5% (equivalent to an increase of 43.93 billion USD) compared to the same period of 2023.
In particular, some groups of goods increased sharply, such as computers, electronic products and components increased by 16.82 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 25.2%; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts increased by 5.5 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 17.2%; iron and steel of all kinds increased by 1.76 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 22.1%; fabrics of all kinds increased by 1.48 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 14.7%, etc.
In particular, the total import turnover of FDI enterprises reached 187.72 billion USD, an increase of 16.7% (equivalent to an increase of 26.8 billion USD) compared to the same period in 2023, accounting for 63.7% of the total import turnover of the whole country.
Previously, the report of the General Department of Customs said that in the first 9 months of 2024, there were 6 import markets/market regions with an increase of over 1 billion USD compared to the same period last year. Of which, China was the market with the strongest increase, up by 25.63 billion USD; followed by ASEAN with an increase of 3.9 billion USD; South Korea with an increase of 3.15 billion USD and Taiwan (China) with an increase of 2.97 billion USD; Kuwait with an increase of 1.8 billion USD and the EU with an increase of 1.18 billion USD. In general, the import value in the first 9 months of 2024 of these 6 markets increased by 38.63 billion USD compared to the same period last year and equal to 94% of the increase in import value of the whole country.
Particularly for the Chinese market, in the first 9 months of 2024, the total import value from this market reached 104.81 billion USD, a sharp increase of 32.4%, equivalent to an increase of 25.63 billion USD compared to the same period last year, accounting for 35% of the total import value of the whole country.
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Source: VITIC/congthuong.vn