Import and export increased sharply, trade surplus reached 1.27 billion USD

(PLVN) - As of April 15, the total value of Vietnam's import and export of goods reached nearly 238 billion USD, an increase of more than 16% over the same period last year. The trade balance recorded a surplus of 1.27 billion USD thanks to continued good export growth.

Preliminary statistics from the Customs Department show that in the first half of April 2025, the total value of import and export of goods nationwide reached 35.44 billion USD, down 10.6% compared to the second half of March 2025. However, cumulatively up to April 15, the total value of import and export reached 237.97 billion USD, up 16.5% (equivalent to an increase of 33.71 billion USD) over the same period last year.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises continued to play a key role, with total import-export value reaching 159.17 billion USD, up 15.6% and accounting for more than two-thirds of the country's total turnover.

Regarding exports, in the first half of April, the value of Vietnam's exported goods reached 16.75 billion USD, down 6.9% compared to the first half of March. Some key product groups had sharp decreases such as: computers, electronic products and components (down 18%), phones of all kinds and components (down 29.6%), machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts (down 16.4%).

In general, from the beginning of the year to April 15, the total export turnover reached 119.62 billion USD, an increase of 16.3% over the same period in 2024. Of which, the export of FDI enterprises reached 85.03 billion USD, an increase of 15.8% and accounting for 71.1% of the total export value. Many groups of goods have had strong export value increases such as: computers, electronic products and components, machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts, phones of all kinds and components...

Regarding imports, the total value of imported goods in the first half of April reached 18.69 billion USD, down 2.4% compared to the second half of March 2025. Some groups of imported goods decreased such as computers, electronic products & components, complete automobiles of all kinds, machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts. However, by the end of April 15, the total import value reached 118.35 billion USD, up 16.7% over the same period last year. FDI enterprises imported 74.14 billion USD, up 15.5% and accounted for 63% of the total import value of the country.

Notably, in the first half of April, the trade balance of goods recorded a deficit of 1.94 billion USD. However, thanks to positive export growth since the beginning of the year, from the beginning of the year to April 15, Vietnam still had a trade surplus of 1.27 billion USD.

Vietnam's main import and export groups continue to be computers, electronic products and components, machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts, and all kinds of phones and components.

The FDI enterprise group is still the main driving force for import and export, contributing greatly to the overall performance of the economy in the context of many fluctuations in the world market.

Thanh Ha

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