Exports to UK market surge 34%
(VOV) -Vietnam Customs estimates national exports to the UK earned US$2.47 billion after eight months of 2013, representing a year-on-year increase of 34 percent.
Key export commodities including telephones and electronic spare parts, reached more than US$871.3 million, accounting for over 30 percent of Vietnam’s total UK export revenue in the reviewed period.
Vietnam’s UK exports earned US$384.3 million in August alone.
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Footwear exports were valued at US$358.5 million (up 7.5 percent), with garment and textile exports reaping US$307.8 million (up 2.7percent).
Despite having yet to break into the five most lucrative UK export commodities, Vietnam’s promising transport vehicle exports grew a remarkable 1596.4 percent to earn US$63.4 million.