Total import value of some items decreased over the same period of last year: Machinery, equipment, spare parts was at $13.1 billion, down 5.9%; gasoline reached $2.4 billion, a decrease of 17.5% (28.1% increase in volume); phones and accessories reached $ 4.9 billion, down 7%; wood and wooden products got $878 million, down 19.4%.
In addition, some items have import value increased over the same period last year such as electronics, computers and components which got $ 12.5 billion, up 12.1%; cloth got $ 5.1 billion, up 3.5%; iron and steel reached $ 3.8 billion, up 2.8%; textile materials, footwear reached $ 2.6 billion, up 2.3%; other base metals reached $ 2.2 billion, up 24.1%; plastic products reached $ 2.1 billion, up 17.3%. Regarding the structure of imports group, group of machinery, equipment and instruments, spare parts reached $ 33.1 billion, down 0.6% and accounted for 41%; group of fuels and raw materials was at $40.6 billion dollars, down 0.6% and accounted for 50.3%. Group of consumer goods in the six-month period was estimated at $ 7.1 billion, up 0.7% compared to the same period last year and accounted for 8.7% of total import value. In terms of imported goods market, China was still the largest exporter to Vietnam with $ 23.3 billion, down 2.9%. South Korea was runner-up with $ 14.9 billion, up 7.9%, while import value from ASEAN countries was at 11.5 billion US dollars, down 3.4%; from Japan at $ 6.8 billion, down 6.3%; from EU at $ 4.6 billion, down 6.5% and from United States reached $ 3.8 billion, up 2%. Hope that this article will be helpful for your business plan! |
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