The province’s export turnover in the first seven months of 2014 reached more than US$8bln, up 13.3% compared to the corresponding period of last year.
Of these, the foreign investment sector achieved nearly US$6.8bln, up 15.2% while the domestic investment sector gained nearly US$1.25bln, up 3.9% compared to the corresponding period of last year.
Some key export products obtained a high growth in export turnover during the period. For example, garment & textile secured more than US$1bln, up 20.3%; footwear with US$648.2mln, up 24.7%; timber and its products with US$902mln, up 0.2%; various telephones and their components with US$657.7mln, up 41.3%; computers, electronic components with US$399.5mln, up 3.3% compared to last year’s same period…
Also during the period, the province’s import value reached nearly US$6.53bln, up 11.8% against last year’s same period. The province’s trade surplus over the past seven months was estimated at more than US$1.5bln.
Reported by T.Minh-Translated by K.T
