Fourteen exports exceed $1bn

Aug 6th at 13:29
06-08-2013 13:29:47+07:00

Fourteen exports exceed $1bn

Statistics from the General Statistics Office show that 14 export items exceeded US$1 billion in revenue by the end of this July.

 

Telephones led the exports with a revenue of more than $11.6 billion, an 87 per cent increase from a year ago.

Next to telephones were textiles and garments ($9.64 billion), electronics and computers ($5.7 billion), footwear ($4.8 billion), crude oil ($3.1 billion), seafood ($3.4 billion), machinery and equipment ($3.1 billion), transport products ($2.97 billion), wood products ($2.9 billion), coffee ($1.9 billion), rice ($1.87 billion), rubber ($1.22 billion), bags and umbrellas ($1.08 billion) and iron and steel ($1.02 billion).

While exports of plastic wares reached $989 million, a 9.7 per cent increase.

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