Monday, 22/06/2020 11:32 (GMT+7)
The nation posted a trade surplus of USD170 million during the first half of June, bringing the figure recorded from the beginning of the year to mid-June to USD3.75 billion, according to the latest initial statistics released by the General Department of Customs.
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Meanwhile, the first half of June saw the country's total import and export value reach USD20.57 billion, up 3.3% over the second half of one month earlier.
During the reviewed period, export turnover hit USD10.37 billion, down 5.3% or USD578 million compared to the last 15 days of May.
Export value during the first half of June endured a drop in a number of items such as phones and components, rice, machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, computers, electronic products and their components, while import value hit USD10.2 billion, up 13.7% (equivalent to an increase of USD1.23 billion) over the second half of May.
From the beginning of the year to June 15th, the national total export value was USD110.56 billion, suffering a slight fall of 0.7% or USD777 million in comparison to the same period last year.
As a result, the total import-export value of the whole country reached USD217.36 billion, down 2.3% (equivalent to USD5.11 billion) over the corresponding period of 2019./.
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