Vietnam sees trade surplus in mid-June
Vietnam sees trade surplus in mid-June
Vietnam posted a trade surplus of some US$500 million in the first half of June, the local media reported.
The nation fetched some US$10.2 billion from exports, mainly of phones and phone parts, computers, electronic products and apparel, in the first two weeks of June, taking the total in the year to June 15 to over US$111.2 billion, according to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Meanwhile, the country spent US$9.7 billion on imports during the first 15 days of this month, pushing the import bill in the year to June 15 to US$111.1 billion.
Mobile phones and phone components became the largest export earner in the first half of June, with export revenue reaching US$1.71 billion. Computers, electronics and parts came second with over US$1.4 billion in revenue, followed by apparel with around US$1.4 billion.
Statistics also show that computers, electronic products and their parts made up the largest proportion at US$1.9 billion of the total import value in the first half of June. Machinery, equipment, tools and machine parts ranked second with some US$1.4 billion.
