Total import-export turnover in October reached 25.12 billion USD
Of which, exports reached 12.61 billion USD, up 12.8% and imports reached 12.51 billion USD, up 11% compared to September 2013.
According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam's total import-export turnover in the second half of October 2013 (from October 16 to 31) reached nearly 13.6 billion USD, a sharp increase of 16.8% compared to the results in the first half of October 2013.
The results achieved in the second half of October brought the total import-export turnover of the country in October 2013 to 25.12 billion USD, up 12% compared to the previous month. Of which, exports reached 12.61 billion USD, up 12.8% and imports reached 12.51 billion USD, up 11% compared to the results achieved in September 2013.
In the second period of October 2013, although Vietnam's trade balance of goods had a surplus of 241.2 million USD, the country's trade balance of goods in the 10 months from the beginning of 2013 had a deficit of nearly 145.5 million USD.
Regarding exports, Vietnam's total export turnover in the second half of October 2013 reached nearly 6.9 billion USD, a sharp increase of 20% (equivalent to an increase of nearly 1.15 billion USD in absolute terms) compared to the results of the first half of October 2013.
The export turnover of goods in the second half of October 2013 increased compared to the first half of October mainly due to the increase in export of the following groups of goods: Phones of all kinds and components increased by nearly 295 million USD; crude oil increased by 216.6 million USD; footwear increased by 174.12 million USD; seafood increased by 145.2 million USD; computers, electronic products and components increased by 116.1 million USD; textiles increased by nearly 104 million USD;... However, in the second period of October 2013, rubber and iron and steel of all kinds were the two groups of goods that decreased compared to the previous period, the decrease of these two groups was 17 million USD and 11 million USD respectively.
If calculated from the beginning of the year to October 31, the total export turnover of Vietnam's goods was 108.72 billion USD, an increase of nearly 16% in relative terms compared to the results of the first 10 months of 2012, an increase of nearly 15 billion USD in absolute terms.
The export value of goods of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises in this period reached 4.39 billion USD, an increase of 19.02% compared to the results of the first 15 days of October 2013, thereby raising the total export turnover in the first 10 months of 2013 of the group of FDI enterprises to 66.71 billion USD (excluding crude oil exports), a sharp increase of 28.3% compared to the same period last year and accounting for 61% of the total export value of the whole country.
Regarding imports, the total value of imported goods of Vietnam in the second period of October 2013 reached 6.7 billion USD, an increase of 13.6% (equivalent to an increase of 795.4 million USD in absolute numbers) compared to the results in the first period of October.
Compared to the results of the first half of October, the data reported in this period recorded a number of commodity groups with increased import turnover such as: Machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts increased by nearly 152 million USD; fabrics of all kinds increased by 150 million USD; iron and steel of all kinds increased by 92.4 million USD; crude oil increased by nearly 91 million USD...
In addition, some other groups of goods had a decrease in turnover compared to the first half of October, such as: Phones of all kinds and components decreased by 144.1 million USD; animal feed and raw materials decreased by 45.7 million USD... Thus, from the beginning of the year to the end of October 2013, Vietnam's total import turnover reached 108.87 billion USD, an increase of 15.92% compared to the results of the first 10 months of 2012, equivalent to an increase of nearly 15 billion USD in absolute numbers.
The value of imported goods of FDI enterprises in this period reached 3.86 billion USD, an increase of 17% compared to the results in the first half of October 2013, thereby raising the total import turnover of this group of enterprises in the first 10 months of 2013 to 61.94 billion USD, a sharp increase of 25.6% compared to the same period in 2012 and accounting for 56.9% of the total value of imported goods of Vietnam in the first 10 months of 2013./.
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