Workers at a garment-textile export firm in Vietnam (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam saw a tradedeficit of nearly 900 million USD in February 2019, according to the GeneralDepartment of Customs.
During themonth, the country’s total export-import turnover reached 30.1 billion USD,down 30.5 percent against the previous month.
Exports were estimated at 14.6 billion USD, down33.9 percent; while imports stood at 15.5 billion USD, down 27.1 percent.
In the first two months of this year, the totalexport-import turnover hit 73.44 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 6.7percent.
Of which, exports increased 5.9 percent to 36.68billion USD and imports rose 7.5 percent to 36.76 billion USD, causing a tradedeficit of 84 million USD.
High export growth was seen in machinery,equipment, and components (up 19.3 percent); garment-textiles (up 19 percent);and footwear (up 18.4 percent).
During January-February, the country mainlyimported fabrics of all kinds worth 2.1 billion USD (up 16 percent); machinery,equipment, and spare parts worth 5.56 billion USD (up 14.6 percent); and computers,electronic products, and components worth nearly 7.5 billion USD (up 11.4percent). –VNA
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