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Import-export earnings estimated over US$89.3 billion

Vietnam was estimated to have an import export value of 89 36 billion USD in the first three months of 2017 with the figure for March alone hitting about 33 7 billion USD said the General Department of Vietnam Customs. The three-month sum represented a 17.5% increase compared to the same period last year. Of which, export reached US$43.73 billion, up 12.8% year-on-year. Computers, ...

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Nearly 2, 800 tons of meat imported from Brazil to Vietnam

According to the latest preliminary statistics of the Customs IT and Statistics Department (General Department of Customs), from the beginning of the year to the end of March 15, 2017, Vietnam imported 2,780 tons of meat originated from Brazil, with a value of more than $US 4 million, of which most was chicken.   Chicken meat is the largest imported meat of Vietnam from ...

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Vietnam halts US poultry imports to prevent bird flu spread

Vietnam has halted the import of poultry from two US states as of March 10 where bird flu viruses have been rampaging the Vietnamese government said Saturday. The temporary ban on raw poultry and byproducts is in place as the avian influenza virus subtype H7 and the H5N2 strain have been roaming in the states of Wisconsin and Tennessee, the government said in a ...

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Increase nearly 40,000 import-export enterprises over 10 years

In 2016, the number of firms operated in the field of import-export is up to 73,170 enterprises, increased by nearly 40,000 enterprises compared to 10 years ago (2007). Data source: General Department of Customs According to General Department of Customs, in 2016, there were 73,170 enterprises operating in the field of import-export, a total value of 9.8 million VND of Customs declarations, and total ...

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Top four importers of Vietnam products

The US, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea were the four biggest importers of Vietnam products, each with a value of more than US$10 billion in 2016 Exports to the four markets accounted for nearly 49% of Vietnam’s total export revenue.According to the latest statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the US was the biggest consumer of Vietnam products with an ...

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Key import groups in November, 2016

According to Customs statistics, the import turnover of 10 key groups reached $US 99.86 billion and accounted for 63.6% of the whole country’s total import turnover in the first ten months of 2016. In which, the largest group was computers, electronics and accessories ($US 25.33 billion); and the following groups were machines, equipments, tools and other spare parts ($US 25.24 billion); telephones and accessories ...

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The Import-export merchandise turnover reached $ US 300 billion

The Vietnam’s turnover of import and export goods reached $ US 300 billion on 15 November 2016. Thus, after nearly 5 years, the Vietnam’s total import-export turnover added $ US 100 billion (threshold of $ US 200 billion was made in the second half of December, 2011) According to the latest statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, Vietnam’s total import-export turnover in ...

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Local textile, garment businesses face difficulties in 2017

The textile and garment sector will continue facing challenges in 2017 due to fierce competition by other major exporters such as China, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan while global demand is forecasted to slow down. Le Tien Truong, General Director of the National Garment and Textile Group (Vinatex) said textile and garment exports to the US and the EU will also be under negative impacts ...

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By October 15th: Total import-export turnover reached nearly $US 268.39 billion

According to the latest preliminary statistics of the General Department of Customs, by the end of October 15th, 2016, the total import-export turnover of Vietnam reached nearly $US 268.39 billion, up 4.4% (equivalent to an increase of nearly $US 11.36 billion) compared to the same period of 2015. The total import-export turnover of Vietnam in the first period of October 2016 (from 1-10 until ...

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Vietnam spends $344mn importing Chinese, Thai fruits: customs

  Fruit-exporting Vietnam has spent more than half a billion U.S. dollars importing fruits in the first eight months of this year, most of which come from China and Thailand, the latest customs data reveals. Vietnam’s fruit exports fetched more than $1 billion in the Jan-Aug period, but imports also rose 36.9 percent year on year to $529 million, according to a report by ...

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