U.S remains Vietnam top importer of steel products in H1

The U.S. remained Vietnam’s biggest buyer of steel products with import values of US$49.38 million in the first half of this year, rising 3.82% from a year earlier.

Japan ranked the second with US$38.63 million, down 0.55% on-year, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

Germany, Cambodia and Malaysia followed with respective figures of US$34.32 million, up 82.05%, US$24.86 million, down 14.83% and US$22.4 million, up 665.59%.

Brazil reported the highest on-year import growth of these products from Vietnam at 7,982.97% to US$25.11 million during the period.

Vietnam fetched US$361.02 million from exported steel products during the period, up 31.15% on-year.

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