Merchandise export turnover in October 2022 was estimated at 30.27 billion USD, up 1.5% over the previous month and up 4.5% over the same period last year.
Generally, in the first 10 months of 2022, export turnover of goods was estimated at 312.82 billion USD, up 15.9% over the same period last year. Regarding the structure of export commodity groups in the first 10 months of 2022, the group of processed industrial products accounted for 89.1%.
Import turnover of goods in October 2022 was estimated at 28 billion USD, down 1.4% over the previous month and up 7.1% over the same period last year. In the 10 months of 2022, the import turnover of goods is estimated at 303.42 billion USD, up 12.2% over the same period last year. Regarding the structure of the group of imported goods in the first 10 months of 2022, the group of capital goods accounted for 93.7%.
Regarding the export and import markets of goods in the first 10 months of 2022, the United States is the largest export market of Vietnam with an estimated turnover of 93.4 billion USD. China is Vietnam's largest import market with an estimated turnover of 100.7 billion USD.
The balance of trade in goods in October was estimated to have a trade surplus of 2.27 billion USD. In the first 10 months of 2022, the trade balance of goods is estimated to have a trade surplus of 9.4 billion USD (the same period last year, the trade deficit is 0.63 billion USD).
On the afternoon of October 1, at the meeting on the socio-economic situation in the first 9 months of 2024, the Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City said that many economic indicators have grown steadily. Notably, export turnover is on a recovery trend and has grown.
In the first eight months of 2024, Vietnam earned nearly VND 4 trillion from tea exports, surpassing the total export revenue of last year.
Australia has made another stride in its agriculture sector by announcing an agreement to export plums to Vietnam in the near future, in addition to the current exports of peaches and nectarines. This project is part of a two-way agricultural market access agreement aimed at providing Australian plums to Vietnam and Vietnamese passion fruit to Australia.
On November 14, 2024, the forum "Da Nang Free Trade Zone – A New Driving Force for the Development of the City’s Logistics Industry" successfully took place, attracting dozens of domestic and international enterprises.
On the morning of November 2, 2024, in response to an invitation from the Board of Directors of FPT University Can Tho, Glotrans HCM joined the 2024 Job Fair and Enterprise Connection Day to network with the university’s leaders and interact with the attending students.
On October 29, according to information from the Vietnam Trade Office in the Philippines (Ministry of Industry and Trade), total bilateral trade between Vietnam and the Philippines reached nearly USD 6.5 billion in the first nine months of 2024, marking an increase of over 20% compared to the same period last year.**
