Trade surplus surpasses US$3.5 billion in first ten months

Total export revenue reached US$144 billion in the period and import value amounted to US$140.5 billion.

Major foreign currency earners included phones and phone parts, electronic goods, textile and garments, computers, machinery and equipment, foot wear and aquatic products.

Phones and phone parts brought in an estimated US$28.3 billion, up more than 10% year on year, while textile and garments earned nearly US$20 billion, an increase of 5.2%.

The export value of agro-forestry-fishery products reached US$26.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%.

Regarding imports, US$22.7 billion worth of computers, electronic goods and parts were imported in the period, a 17.5% increase in comparison with the same period last year.

Meanwhile, US$22.5 billion was spent on machinery, equipment, tools and other parts, down 1.5% year on year.

The import value of phones and parts was estimated at US$8.55 billion, falling by 6.3%.

(Source: Nhandan Online)