In May 2016, the province’s industrial production index surged 9.59% against last year’s same period, in which manufacturing and processing rose up 9.78% over last year’s same period. Thus, the index in the first five months of the year saw an increase of 7.66% compared to last year’s same period. Some products like animal feed, steel, woodwork…also gained high growth in the output in comparison with last year’s same period.
The province’s export turnover in May 2016 was estimated at nearly US$1.7billion, up 3.8% compared to the previous month and 19.1% against last year’s same period. The figure over the past five years was approximately US$8.93million, up 16.2% compared to last year’s same period. The province’s main export products like garment-textile, footwear, woodwork…also reached high growth of 8.2%, 15.9%, 8.3%..., respectively.
Also in May, the province’s import value was more than US$1.43million, up 3.4% and 14.4% compared to the previous month and last year’s same period, respectively. The value in the first five months of the year achieved nearly US$7.29billion, up 16.4% against last year’s same period.
Reported by Phuong Le-Translated by K.T
