Dong Nai Province trade edges down, surplus shoots up
Dong Nai Province trade edges down, surplus shoots up
Dong Nai’s foreign trade in the first four months of the year topped US$10.8 billion, 2.67 per cent down year-on-year but with the surplus shooting up by 43 per cent, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.
Exports increased marginally to $6.1 billion while imports fell 7 per cent to $4.7 billion.
The surplus of almost $1.4 billion accounted for 43 per cent of the country’s surplus.
Items whose exports increased include footwear, machinery, pepper, and coffee.
Imports of machinery and equipment fell by 5 per cent, of raw plastic by 6 per cent and of chemicals by 10 per cent.
Exports to the US, Japan and South Korea increased, while those to China and Belgium declined.