VN Runs Trade Surplus in First Nine Months

 

Viet Nam enjoys a trade surplus of US$ 2.76 billion in the first nine months, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

The GSO announced that while goods marked a value surplus of US$ 2.76 billion in the January-September period, services suffered a trade deficit of US$ 3.4 billion. 

In the first nine months, overseas shipment of goods was estimated at US$ 128.2 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.7 per cent including US$ 37 billion of the domestic sector and US$ 91.2 billion of the FDI sector (including crude oil).  

In the reviewed time, imports valued at US$ 125.4 billion, up 1.3 per cent against the same period last year. The domestic sector imported US$ 51.4 billion of goods and the FDI sector US$ 74 billion.  

Service export was estimated at US$ 9.2 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 12.8 per cent. Tourism export hit US$ 6.3 billion, accounting for 68.2 per cent of the total and up 17.9 per cent. Service import value was US$ 12.6 billion, up 3.4 per cent against the same period last year. Of which, import value of transport services amounted to US$ 6.6 billion, accounting for 52.2 per cent of the total and up 2.2 per cent.

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