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.
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| HCM City leads the country in import and export value. (Illustrative photo: vneconomy.vn) |
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.
Over the past seven months of this year, Vietnam’s total import-export turnover reached 440.45 billion USD, up 17.2% (equivalent to 64.66 billion USD) over the same period last year. Of which, exports reached 227.49 billion USD, up 16% (equivalent to 31.34 billion USD) and imports were valued at 212.96 billion USD, up 18.5% (equivalent to 33.32 billion USD). The trade balance in July had a surplus of 2.35 billion USD, bringing the figure in the first seven months to 14.53 billion USD./.