Indonesia, Vietnam enjoy robust export growth despite COVID-19 threat
VOV.VN - Vietnamese export turnover to Indonesia during the first half of the year increased by 47.2% to US$1.92 billion against the same period from last year, according to statistics compiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
These figures were released amid the majority of Vietnamese industrial product groups achieving a high growth rate as a contributory factor to a sharp increase in export turnover throughout the reviewed period.
Furthermore, the strongest growth rates of local items have been recorded in the commodity groups of electronic computers with 167.3%, plastic raw materials at 95.1%, as well as iron and steel with 93.6%.
Most notably, the total export value of these three commodity groups reached US$665.46 million, accounting for 34.6% of the total export value throughout the reviewed period.
In return, the nation mainly imported coal and vegetable oil from the Indonesian market with turnover reaching a figure of US$894.12 million, accounting for 24.7% of the total import value from Indonesia.
Prominent Vietnamese imports from Indonesia during six-month period surged by 47.4% to US$3.61 billion against the same period last year.
