Every day Vietnamese people spend more than 12 million USD to import cars.

According to statistics from the General Department of Customs (Ministry of Finance), 5,455 completely built-up (CBU) cars were imported to Vietnam in the first 15 days of May 2015, reaching a turnover value of approximately 184 million USD.

Accumulated from the beginning of the year to May 15, the total number of CBU cars imported into the country reached 40,464 units, equivalent to a turnover value of 1.06 billion USD, more than double in quantity and triple in value compared to the same period last year.

Thus, on average in the first half of May, Vietnam spent 12.26 million USD per day to import nearly 364 CBU cars.

If we continue to do the division calculation, we can see quite clearly that each imported car in the recent past has a quite high value, approximately 37,000 USD. Note that this value is only the price for calculating import tax at the customs office at the border gate, not including any taxes, fees and charges.

This number may surprise many people. However, the reality is quite understandable because of the 5,455 imported cars, there are only 847 passenger cars, 75 cars with more than 9 seats, the remaining 2,455 are all trucks and specialized vehicles with high value.

Also according to data from the General Department of Customs, from the beginning of the year to May 15, the total number of CBU cars imported into the country reached 40,464 units, equivalent to a turnover value of 1.06 billion USD, more than double in quantity and triple in value compared to the same period last year.

Specifically, the total number of imported CBU cars in the first 4 months of the year and the first 15 days of May 2014 reached 17,891 units, with a turnover value of nearly 368 million USD.

According to VnEconomy