Vietnam earns US$44.5 bil in export turnover

The country’s export turnover has reached more than US$44.5 billion over the past eight months, up 19.7 percent against the same period last year, according to the Vietnam General Department of Customs.

Of this figure, foreign-invested businesses earned over US$17.6 billion, up 40 percent.

Many groups of export items posted a high growth such as garments and textiles up over US$1 billion, equipment and spare parts up US$720 million, wood and wooden products up US$559 million, rubber up US$543 million, footwear up US$510 million, steel up US$464 million and seafood up US$307 million.

According to the department, in August, the customs sector discovered 773 cases of trade fraud with the total volume of confiscated goods worth nearly VND40 billion. – VOV

Tags: Vietnam exports, Vietnam exports 2010, Vietnam trade

Posted by VBN on Aug 31 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