HCMCity Exports Fall 14.8% to US$5.85B in Jan-April

Exports of Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City are estimated to have fallen 14.8% from a year earlier to US$5.85 billion in the first four months of this year.

Excluding crude oil, the city has reaped US$4.05 billion from exports, down 17.3% on-year.

The city’s export staples have been rice with 1.33 million tons worth US$649.1 million, up 19% on-year, apparel worth US$556.5 million, up 13%, footwear worth US$146 million, up 10.1% and seafood worth US$110.2 million, up 6.7%.

Ho Chi Minh City’s total retail sales and services revenue is estimated to have soared 34.2% on-year to VND116.268 trillion (US$6.12 billion) in Jan-Apr.

Tags: HCMCity Exports, Vietnam exports

Posted by VBN on May 9 2010. Filed under Import-Export, Import-Export turnover. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry