According to data from General Statistics Office, in October 2025, the total import and export turnover of goods reached 81.49 billion USD, down 1.2% compared to the previous month and up 17.2% compared to the same period last year.
In the first 10 months of 2025, total export and import turnover of goods reached 762.44 billion USD, up 17.4% over the same period last year, of which exports increased by 16.2%; imports increased by 18.6%. Trade balance of goods had a surplus of 19.56 billion USD.
Specifically, with exports, turnover in October reached 42.05 billion USD, down 1.5% over the previous month. In the first 10 months of 2025, export turnover of goods reached 391.0 billion USD, up 16.2% over the same period last year.
In the first 10 months of 2025, there were 36 items with an export turnover of over 1 billion USD, accounting for 94.1% of the total export turnover. Among the 7 items with export turnover of over 10 billion USD are still familiar "faces", such as: Electronics, computers and components reaching over 87.2 billion USD; phones of all kinds and components reaching 48.669 billion USD; machinery, equipment, tools, and other spare parts reaching 48.408 billion USD; textiles and garments reaching 32.932 billion USD; footwear reaching 19.827 billion USD.
In 10 months, processed industrial goods group still holds the "throne" in terms of export turnover when reaching 346.73 billion USD, accounting for 88.7%; followed by agricultural and forestry products group reaching 32.62 billion USD, accounting for 8.3%; aquatic products group reaching 9.33 billion USD, accounting for 2.4%; fuel and mineral products group reaching 2.32 billion USD, accounting for 0.6%.
Regarding goods imports, turnover in October 2025 reached 39.45 billion USD, down 1.0% compared to the previous month. In the first 10 months of 2025, the total import turnover reached 371.44 billion USD, up 18.6% over the same period last year.
In the first 10 months of 2025, there were 47 imported goods worth over 1 billion USD, accounting for 93.9% of total import turnover (there were 4 imported goods worth over 10 billion USD, accounting for 52.7%).
Regarding structure of imported goods, in the first 10 months of 2025, the group of production materials reached 348.23 billion USD, accounting for 93.8%, of which group of machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts accounted for 52.6%; group of raw materials, fuels and materials accounted for 41.2%. Consumer goods group reached 23.21 billion USD, accounting for 6.2%.
In the first 10 months of 2025, the United States was Vietnam's largest export market with a turnover of 126.2 billion USD. China was Vietnam's largest import market with a turnover of 150.9 billion USD. In the first 10 months of 2025, trade surplus to the United States reached 111.0 billion USD, up 28.2% over the same period last year; to EU 32.2 billion USD, up 11.2%; to Japan 1.6 billion USD, down 29.8%...

Source: Vitic/ congthuong.vn