According to the General Department of Customs, import-export turnover of the country to the end of 15/8/2017 reached nearly $ 250.32 billion, up 20.8% over the same period in 2016.

 According to the General Department of Customs, by the end of 15/8/2017 total import-export turnover of the country reached nearly $ 250.32 billion, up 20.8% (correspondingly increased over $ 43.17 billion) compared for the same period in 2016.

Of which, the total value of export turnover reached approximately 124 billion USD, up 18.8% (correspondingly increased over 19.6 billion USD) over the same period in 2016, while import goods reached nearly 126, USD 4 billion, an increase of 22.9% (equivalent to nearly $ 23.5 billion) over the same period of 2016.

By the end of 15/8/2017, the export turnover of FDI enterprises reached nearly 87.17 billion USD, accounting for 70.3% of total export turnover of the country, up 19.9%, respectively increased 14.45 billion USD over the same period in 2016.

 As a result, both export and import activities of the whole country have achieved high growth over the same period of 2016, of which, export growth was nearly 19%, while imports increased higher by nearly 22.3% .

Even so, export turnover in the first half of August 2017 reached only $ 8.63 billion, down 8.4% ($ 789 million equivalent) compared with half a month 7/2017.

Cause of some items decreased, such as: footwear types decreased 14.4% ($ 102 million); Iron and steel of all kinds decreased 52.3% ($ 97 million); Computers, electronic products and components decreased 8.8% ($ 96 million); textiles decreased 7.3% ($ 93 million); Seafood exports down 13.8% (down $ 60 million ...

On imports, the first half of August only reached $ 8.63 billion, down 4% ($ 356 million) compared with the second half of July. For example: machinery, equipment, spare parts decreased 7.8% ($ 116 million); fabrics decreased by 16.8% ($ 85 million); Phones and accessories decreased 9.6% ($ 65 million) ...