FDI businesses produce over US$12.3 billion in trade surplus in Q1
VOV.VN - Foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses recorded more than US$12.3 billion in trade surplus, including crude oil sales in the first quarter, reported the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
Without crude oil sales, they generated US$11.7 billion in trade surplus in the reviewed period, said the Foreign Investment Agency.
In contrast, the domestic sector saw a trade deficit of more than US$5.6 billion.
The past three months saw FDI businesses earn US$67.85 billion from exports (including crude oil), representing a year on-year rise of 13.9% and accounting for 73.4% of the country’s total export value.
The FDI businesses spent US$55.5 billion on imports, seeing a 14.1% rise year on year and making up 64.8% of the country’s total import value.
