According to the preliminary statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs, the total import and export value of goods in September 2023 is 59.16 billion USD, down 4.7%, equivalent to a decrease of 2.92 billion USD compared to August. Of which, exports were 30.68 billion USD, down 6.3%, equivalent to a decrease of 2.08 billion USD; Imports were 28.48 billion USD, down 2.9%, equivalent to a decrease of 839 million USD.
The total value of import and export in 9 months of 2023 is 496.30 billion USD, down 11.2%, equivalent to a decrease of 62.78 billion USD compared to the same period last year.Of which, exports were 258.97 billion USD, down 8.5% (equivalent to a decrease of 24.02 billion USD); and imports were 237.33 billion USD, down 14% (corresponding to a decrease of 38.76 billion USD).
In September 2023, the trade balance of goods had a surplus of 2.2 billion USD. In the first 9 months of 2023, the country’s trade balance of goods had a trade surplus of 21.64 billion USD.
The General Department of Vietnam Customs recorded that the total import and export value of enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the month was 41.08 billion USD, down 3.2% compared to the previous month, bringing the total export value Imports of enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 9 months of 2023 increased to 341.65 billion USD, down 11.9%, equivalent to a decrease of 46.32 billion USD compared to the same period last year.
In particular, the export of goods of FDI enterprises this month is 22.58 billion USD, down 4.4% compared to the previous month, thereby increasing the export value of goods in the first 9 months of 2023 of enterprises. The FDI industry increased by 189.01 billion USD, down 9.3% (equivalent to a decrease of 19.36 billion USD) over the same period last year and accounted for 73% of the country’s total export value.
In the opposite direction, the valuable import price of FDI enterprises in September 2023 is 18.5 billion USD, down 4.4% compared to the previous month, the valuable import price of this sector in September in 2023 or more 152.64 billion USD, down 15% (equivalent to a decrease of 26.96 billion USD) compared to the same period last year and accounting for 64.3% of the country’s total import value.
The commercialization balance of FDI enterprises in September 2023 reached a surplus of 4.09 billion USD, bringing the trade balance of FDI enterprises in September 2023 to a balance of 36.37 billion USD.
These are encouraging signs for the import-export situation during the past 9 months and there will be a breakthrough index in the last months of the year.
– Tổng Cục Hải Quân/ Tổng Cục Thống Kê –
