Vietnam Bag, Suitcase, Umbrella Exports Rise 12.9% to US$359.5M in Jan-May
Vietnam earned US$359.5 million from exporting bags, suitcases, hats and umbrellas in the first five months of 2010, up 12.9% on year, accounting for 1.4% the country’s total export turnover.
The Southeast Asian nation’s main importers were the U.S. with US$125.3 million, up 39.6% on year, Japan with US$36.7 million, up 25.7% on year, Germany US$31 million down 5% on year, Belgium US$29 million down 14.4% on year.
The following were Vietnam’s export markets of these products during the period.
|
Markets
|
Jan-May 2009
(USD)
|
Jan-May 2010
(USD)
|
On-Year
Growth
|
|
Total
|
318,575,034
|
359,541,666
|
+ 12,9
|
|
U.K.
|
8,417,768
|
10,997,694
|
+ 30,6
|
|
Poland
|
1,774,021
|
551,400
|
- 69
|
|
Belgium
|
34,261,608
|
29,324,566
|
- 14,4
|
|
Brazil
|
4,068,391
|
3,214,881
|
- 21
|
|
Canada
|
6,446,950
|
7,311,242
|
+ 13,4
|
|
Taiwan
|
5,030,391
|
3,288,469
|
- 34,6
|
|
Denmark
|
978,954
|
964,391
|
- 1,5
|
|
Germany
|
32,892,073
|
31,264,960
|
- 5
|
|
Holland
|
10,232,776
|
11,726,703
|
+ 14,6
|
|
South Korea
|
7,685,192
|
11,941,275
|
+ 55,4
|
|
U.S.
|
89,761,040
|
125,288,934
|
+ 39,6
|
|
Hong Kong
|
3,650,484
|
3,340,831
|
- 8,5
|
|
Italy
|
7,709,415
|
7,658,595
|
- 0,7
|
|
Malaysia
|
644,343
|
929,725
|
+ 44,3
|
|
Mexico
|
2,681,558
|
1,917,415
|
- 28,5
|
|
Russia
|
3,926,604
|
3,478,853
|
- 11,4
|
|
Japan
|
29,236,491
|
36,736,703
|
+ 25,7
|
|
Australia
|
3,756,991
|
3,590,904
|
- 4,4
|
|
France
|
18,514,733
|
23,394,867
|
+ 26,4
|
|
Czech
|
946,805
|
1,465,837
|
+ 54,8
|
|
Singapore
|
987,098
|
1,139,918
|
+ 15,5
|
|
Spain
|
15,149,647
|
13,472,404
|
- 11,1
|
|
Thailand
|
1,327,048
|
965,626
|
- 27,2
|
|
Sweden
|
3,961,834
|
3,394,382
|
- 14,3
|
|
Switzerland
|
2,081,597
|
1,776,453
|
- 14,7
|
|
China
|
3,585,374
|
3,478,994
|
- 3
|
(Source: Vinanet)
Tags: Vietnam exports, Vietnam trade
Posted by VBN on Jul 11 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
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