In the first half of September, the whole country had a trade deficit of 91 million USD.
According to data from the General Department of Customs, the trade balance in the first half of September 2012 (from September 1 to September 15) had a deficit of about 91 million USD.
According to the report, Vietnam's total import-export turnover in the first half of September reached 9.03 billion USD, down 19.6% compared to the results in the second half of August 2012.
Specifically, the country's export turnover in the first half of September reached 4.47 billion USD, down 21.7% compared to the last 15 days of last month. Of which, foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) exported nearly 2.48 billion USD.
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Among the export commodity groups that decreased in early September, textiles and garments had the largest decrease of about 171 million USD. Some other commodity groups also had quite high decreases such as: footwear decreased by 112 million USD; computers, electronic products and components decreased by 89 million USD, seafood decreased by 77 million USD...
However, if calculated from the beginning of the year to September 15, the country's export turnover reached 78.55 billion USD, an increase of more than 19% over the same period last year.
Regarding imports, in the first half of September, import turnover reached nearly 4.56 billion USD, down 17.5% compared to the second half of the previous month. Of which, FDI enterprises imported 2.5 billion USD.
Of which, the item of means of transport and spare parts had the biggest decrease, about 467 million USD; the item of machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts ranked second with a decrease of about 150 million USD. In addition, phones and components also decreased by 84 million USD, gasoline and oil decreased by 71 million USD.
From the beginning of the year to September 15, Vietnam imported more than 78.585 billion USD, an increase of more than 7% over the same period last year. The groups of goods with the largest import turnover include: machinery, equipment and tools; computers, electronic products and components; petroleum, fabrics of all kinds.../.
According to (Vietnam+) - NT
