Binh Duong records positive export growth

Export turnover of southern Binh Duong province reached 6.36 billion USD in the first quarter of 2017, a year-on-year rise of 16.1 percent, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
Binh Duong records positive export growth ảnh 1Workers make wooden products for exports. (Photo: VNA)
Binh Duong (VNA) – Export turnover of southern Binh Duong provincereached 6.36 billion USD in the first quarter of 2017, a year-on-year rise of16.1 percent, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Of the amount, the domestic economic area contributed 1.14 billion USD, up 8.4percent, while the foreign-invested economic sector accounted for 5.22 billionUSD, up 16.8 percent.

Main export products seeing high exports included wooden products (894.6million USD), garment (741 million USD) and leather and footwear (575 millionUSD).

In March alone, the province’s export earnings rose 9.5 percent to 2.15 billionUSD. The domestic economic sector contributed 359.2 million USD and theforeign-invested sector was 1.79 billion USD.

Meanwhile, Binh Duong imported 4.66 billion USD of goods in the January-Marchperiod, up 14.9 percent. In March alone, import was valued at 1.6 billionUSD.-VNA
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