Recently released statistics show the country had a trade turnover of USD 21.3 billion during the first half of March, up 18.6 percent against the second half of February.
This result helped to bring the country’s total trade turnover to USD 93.6 billion by March 15, edging up to USD 100 billion by March 19 – a surge of 6.3 percent on year.
The total value of exported goods was 10.95 billion during the first half of March, an increase of 13.6 percent compared to the second half of February.
A number of export products recorded strong rises in value during the March 1-15 period compared to the second half of February, including telephones and components (up 15.7 percent), garments and textiles (27.2 percent), computers, electronic items and components (17.3 percent), wood and wooden products (39.2 percent) and means of transport and spare parts (27.4 percent).
These figures lifted the country’s total turnover of exports to USD 47.05 billion by March 15, up 5.4 percent compared to the same period in 2018.
In the first half of March, Vietnam imported 10.34 billion worth of goods, up 24.5 percent against the second half of February. By March 15, the total import value for the year reached USD 46.55 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7.3 percent.
Export value of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises from March 1 to 15 reached USD 7.82 billion, up 12.7 percent against the second half of February.
By March 15, the total export value of FDI enterprises reached USD 32.76 billion, an increase of 2.7 percent over the same period in 2018, accounting for 69.6 percent of the country’s total export value.
Import value of FDI enterprises in the first period of March 2019 reached USD 6.02 billion, an increase of 22.1 percent compared to the last 15 days of February. As of March 15, 2019, the total value of imports of FDI enterprises reached USD 27.22 billion, up 4.7 percent, accounting for 58.5 percent of the country’s total import value.
Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 610 million USD in the March 1-15 period and USD 500 million between January and March 15.
Source: VNA