Vietnam imports $200m worth of gold in Aug

Vietnam imported some $200 million worth of gold in August, according to the General Statistical Office (GSO).
In particular, according to GSO, in August, the country’s export turnover of gemstone and precious metals reached $200 million, bringing the total figure in Jan-August to $2.519 billion.

GSO said that the group of gemstone and precious metals (mainly gold) were not included into the category of import commodities, but the statistic office estimated the country’s import value for this group in August was about $200 million, equalling to the country’s export turnover for this group in August.

Also according to GSO, the figure on import of gemstone and precious metals is included into other goods group.

Tags: vietnam gold, Vietnam gold imports, Vietnam gold market

Posted by VBN on Aug 26 2011. Filed under Gold. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry