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| HCM City leads the country in import and export value. (Photo: CPV) |
According to the latest data by the General Department of Customs about major export localities over the past seven months, HCM City is still leading with a turnover of nearly 26 billion USD; followed by Bac Ninh, 22.5 billion USD; Binh Duong, 19.28 billion USD; Thai Nguyen, 17.7 billion USD; Hai Phong, 16.8 billion USD; Bac Giang, 16 billion USD; Dong Nai, 13.4 billion USD and Hanoi, 10.6 billion USD.
Thus, eight localities with an export scale of more than 10 billion USD in the seven months contributed a turnover of 142.28 billion USD.
Other localities earning high export value include: Phu Tho nearly 8.1 billion USD, Vinh Phuc 7.45 billion USD, Hai Duong 5.77 billion USD, Ha Nam 5.42 billion USD, Hung Yen 5.1 billion USD, Tay Ninh 4.7 billion USD, Long An 4.35 billion USD, Ba Ria - Vung Tau 4.1 billion USD and Binh Phuoc 3 billion USD.
Localities with export turnover of more than 1 billion USD include Da Nang 1.1 billion USD, Dong Thap 1.42 billion USD, Ha Tinh 1.3 billion USD, Dac Lak 1.14 billion USD, Khanh Hoa 1.32 billion USD, Quang Nam 1.14 billion USD, Ninh Binh 1.65 billion USD, Quang Ngai 1.8 billion USD, and Nam Dinh 1.57 billion USD.
Thanks to the efforts of the business community, along with the city government's export support policy, HCM City has been the leading locality in import-export turnover for many years.
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| Cat Lai Port in HCM City handles 40% of Vietnam’s import and export goods. (Photo: CPV) |
In 2023, the city’s total import-export turnover reached 97.8 billion USD, of which export turnover gained 42.5 billion USD and import turnover gained 55.3 billion USD.
Aiming to support exports for businesses, the southern hub directs units to research and learn about the practical difficulties challenging businesses, and their ability to meet export standards when participating in the international goods supply chain. From there, they encourage people to advise and propose to the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee solutions to support businesses in expanding export markets and deeply participating in the international goods supply chain.
At the same time, the city focuses on organizing many export promotion activities towards key markets and new, potential markets, supporting domestic businesses to effectively take advantage of import tax policies from free trade agreements, especially the new generation free trade agreements such as CPTPP, EVFTA to expand export markets./.