{"id":2277,"date":"2017-06-12T22:20:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vtrlogistics.com.vn\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2017-06-12T22:20:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T15:20:02","slug":"by-the-end-of-may-2017-total-import-export-turnover-reached-nearly-us-162-45-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtrlogistics.com.vn\/?p=2277&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"BY THE END OF MAY 2017: TOTAL IMPORT-EXPORT TURNOVER REACHED NEARLY $US 162.45 BILLION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">VCN- According to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the total import and export turnover of Vietnam in the first 5 months of 2017 reached $US 162.45 billion, an increase of 21.5%, equivalent to $US 28.77 billion over the same period in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"MASTERCMS_TPL_TABLE\" style=\"height: 454px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"898\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__img_mastercms aligncenter\" title=\"By the end of May 2017: Total import-export turnover reached nearly $US 162.45 billion\" src=\"http:\/\/customsnews.vn\/stores\/news_dataimages\/hoanganh\/062017\/12\/10\/0554_anh_2.jpg\" alt=\"by the end of may 2017 total import export turnover reached nearly us 16245 billion\" width=\"709\" height=\"424\" border=\"0\/\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The total import and export turnover of Vietnam in the first 5 months of 2017 reached $US 162.45 billion.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Preliminary statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs also show that the total import-export turnover of Vietnam in the second half of May 2017 (from 16th May 2017 to 30th May 2017) reached $US 20.08 billion, an increase of 22.9%, equivalent to $US 3.74 billion compared to the results in the first half of May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In particular, the import-export volume of foreign-invested enterprises in the period reached nearly $US 13.13 billion, an increase of 22.1%, equivalent to $US 2.38 billion, compared to the first half of May 2017. Over the past 5 months, the total import-export turnover of foreign-invested enterprises reached more than $US 106.5 billion, an increase of 23.7%, equivalent to $US 20.39 billion over the same period in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the second half of May 2017, the trade balance of goods had a surplus of $US 540 million, bringing the trade balance of goods in the country in the first 5 months of 2017 to the deficit of nearly $US 2.5 billion, equivalent to 3.1 % of exports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Regarding exports, the total export turnover of Vietnam in the second half of May 2017 reached more than $US 10.31 billion, an increase of 35.3% (equivalent to an increase of $US 2.69 billion) compared to the first half of May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Export turnover in the second month of May 2017 increased compared to the first half of May 2017 mainly in the following commodity groups: telephone and components increased by 34.7%, equivalent to $US 611 million; textiles and garments increased by 42.5%, equivalent to $US 339 million; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts increased by 56.7%, equivalent to $US 265 million; footwear of all kinds increased by 34%, equivalent to $US 200 million. Meanwhile, only a number of commodity groups have an export turnover which decreased compared to the previous period, such as cameras, camcorders, and components with a decrease of 12.8%, equivalent to $US 17 million; coal with a decrease of 8.1%, equivalent to $US 2 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thus, by the end of May 2017, total export turnover of Vietnam reached nearly $US 79.98 billion, an increase of 18.4%, respectively, equivalent to an increase of $US 12.45 billion over the same period in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs also shows that the value of goods exported by FDI enterprises in the second half of May 2017 reached nearly $\u00da 7.28 billion, an increase of 33.3%, equivalent to an increase of more than $US 1.82 billion compared to the first period of May 2017, thereby bringing the total export turnover in the first 5 months of 2017 to nearly $US 56.66 billion, an increase of 20 % over the same period in 2016, accounting for 70.8% of the total export turnover of Vietnam.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Regarding imports, the total value of imported goods in Vietnam in the second half of May 2017 reached more than $US 9.77 billion, an increase of 12.1% (equivalent to $US 1.05 billion) compared to the first half of May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Import turnover of goods in the second half of May 2017 increased over the first half of May 20117 mainly in the following commodities: computers, electronic products, and components increased by 17.1 %, equivalent to an increase of $US 232 million; machinery, equipment, and spare parts increased by 10.7%, equivalent to an increase of $US 177 million; phone accessories and parts increased by 33.9%, equivalent to an increase of $US 159 million; cashew nut increased by 126.2%, equivalent to an increase of $US 113 million; petrol and oil of all kinds increased by 39.1%, equivalent to an increase of $US 89 million. Meanwhile, the feed and material group fell by 46.9%, a decrease of $US 81 million, soybeans fell by 65%, a decrease of $US 25 million; coal fell by 45.4%, equivalent to a decrease of $US 24 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thus, by the end of May 2017, the total import turnover of Vietnam reached more than $US 82.47 billion, an increase of 24.7% (equivalent to nearly $US 16.32 billion) compared to the same period in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The value of imported goods of FDI enterprises in this period reached nearly $US 5.85 billion, an increase of 10.6%, equivalent to an increase of $US 560 million compared to the first half of May 2017, thereby bringing the total import turnover of these enterprises in the first 5 months of 2017 to reach more than $US 49.84 billion, an increase of 28.1%, equivalent to nearly $US 10.94 billion compared to the same period in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By Ha Nhi\/ Hoang Anh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/customsnews.vn\/by-the-end-of-may-2017-total-import-export-turnover-reached-nearly-us-16245-billion-3748.html\"><em>http:\/\/customsnews.vn\/<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VCN- According to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the total import and export turnover of Vietnam in the first 5 months of 2017 reached $US 162.45 billion, an increase of 21.5%, equivalent to $US 28.77 billion over the same period in 2016. 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