Exports to Turkey up 79pct
(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports to Turkey hit US$11.6 million in May, up 79% from a year earlier.
According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, phones and components topped the list of consumer items, earning a monthly record of US$40.2 million, 4.5 times higher than the previous month and up 7.6 times than the same month of last year.
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However, the total earnings from phones and components exported to Turkey in the first five months of this year were still lower than those from coarse textile fibre.
The turnover difference between these two groups of products has been narrowed considerably from US$155 million in 2011 to US$140 million in 2012 and US$14.7 million in the first five months of this year.