Twenty-five exports listed in “one-billion-USD” club
Vietnam’s “one-billion USD” club, which comprises exports with turnover of more than 1 billion USD, saw the presence of 25 commodities in the first half of 2021, with their combined export earnings accounting for 88.9 percent of the country’s total.
Mobile phones and spare parts register the biggest export value of 25.1 billion USD in the first half of 2021 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s “one-billion USD” club, which comprisesexports with turnover of more than 1 billion USD, saw the presence of 25commodities in the first half of 2021, with their combined export earnings accountingfor 88.9 percent of the country’s total.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam rakedin 157.63 billion USD from exports in the reviewed period, a year-on-year surgeof 28.4 percent.
Mobile phones and spare parts registered the biggest valueof 25.1 billion USD, accounting for 15.9 percent of the total, and up 14.2percent year-on-year.
They were followed by electronic products, computers andcomponents with 23.7 billion USD; machinery, equipment and tools (17 billionUSD); garment and textiles (15.2 billion USD); footwear (10.4 billion USD); andwood and wooden products (8.1 billion USD).
In the January-June period, the US was Vietnam’s biggestimporter with 45.1 billion USD, up 43.3 percent from the same period last year.
It was followed by China (24.6 billion USD), the EU (19.3billion USD), ASEAN (13.8 billion USD), the Republic of Korea (10.5 billion USD)and Japan (9.9 billion USD)./.
Vietnam's total import-export revenue was estimated at more than 316.7 billion USD in the first six months of 2021, according to the General Statistics Office.
Vietnam raked in 157.63 billion USD from exports in the first six months of the year, a year-on-year surge 28.4 percent. In the period, 25 commodities were added to the country’s “one-billion USD” club, which comprises exports with turnover of more than 1 billion USD.
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Mobile phones and spare parts register the biggest export value of 25.1 billion USD in the first half of 2021 (Photo: VNA) 
