Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of 270 million USD in the first half of November, bringing the total number since the beginning of this year to 3.86 billion USD.
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded a trade deficit of 270 million USD in the first half of November, bringing the total number since the beginning of this year to 3.86 billion USD.
Statistics released by the General Department of Customs show that in the reviewed period, exports brought home nearly 6.49 billion USD, while imports were valued at 6.77 billion USD.
As of November 15, the country’s total export value hit 140.87 billion USD. Import value reached 144.73 billion USD.
In the first 11 months of the year, the foreign-invested sector achieved a trade surplus of 10.71 billion USD, with its export value at 96.27 billion USD and its import value at 85.56 billion USD.
Last month, the country recorded a trade surplus o෴f 500 million USD.-VNA
The total merchandise export turnover was recorded at 63.2 billion USD in the first five months of this year, an increase of 7.3 percent over last year's figure.
Meanwhile, the total import turnover reached 66.2 billion USD, recording an increase of 15.8 percent from last year.
Vietnam's trade deficit was estimated to have reached 3.37 billion USD in the first seven months of 2015, 300 million USD more than 3.07 billion USD in the year’s first half, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on July 27 in Hanoi.
Vietnam exported some 59 billion USD worth of commodities in the first four months of 2015, a year-on-year increase of 6.9 percent, according to the General Department of Customs.
Vietnam's export value till September of this year increased by nearly 10 percent to nearly 120.7 billion USD while imports surged 16 percent to 124.6 billion USD.
Vietnam's trade deficit through the end of October this year, increased to 4.1 billion USD from 3.9 billion USD in the first nine months , according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
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A garment workshop (Photo: VNA)
