According to the General Statistics Office, in the first 4 months of 2020, Vietnam recorded 15 items with export turnover of over US $ 1 billion, accounting for 80.1% of total export turnover.
In particular, some export items with high value such as phones and components reached 16.2 billion USD, up over 1% over the same period last year; electronics, computers and components reached 12.4 billion USD, up 28.6%; textiles and garments reached 8.9 billion USD, down 5.8%; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts reached 6.9 billion USD, up 29.6%.
Footwear reached US $ 5.5 billion, up 1.3%; wood and wood products at 3.4 billion USD, up by over 10%. Means of transport and spare parts reached 2.7 billion USD, decreasing by 3.9%; fishery reached 2.2 billion USD, down 8.5%.
Iron and steel reached US $ 1.4 billion, down 4.7%; fiber, textile fiber reached 1.2 billion USD, down 11.5%; plastic products reached 1.1 billion USD, up 1.3%; bags, wallets, backpacks, umbrellas reached 1.1 billion USD, down 5.7%; iron and steel products reached US $ 1.03 billion; increase by 1.5%.
Besides, export turnover of some agricultural products decreased compared to the same period last year such as vegetables and fruits reaching 1.3 billion USD, down 8.7%; rubber reached 403 million USD, down 27.5% (the volume decreased 31.7%); pepper reached 257 million USD, down 9.2% (volume increased 11.9%).
However, some other agricultural products still saw an increase in export turnover such as coffee with 1.1 billion USD, up by 2.2% (quantity increased by 4.5%); cashew nuts reached 963 million USD, up nearly 6% (the amount increased 21.5%); rice reached 892 million USD, increasing by 0.2% (volume decreased by nearly 8%).
Generally, in the first 4 months, export turnover of goods was estimated at 82.94 billion USD, up 4.7%, import reached 79.89 billion USD, up over 2%. The trade balance of goods in 4 months was estimated at trade surplus of 3 billion USD.
