Hanoi exports plunge in April
VOV.VN - Hanoi’s exports are estimated at US$852 million in April, down 1% against the previous month and 4% over the same period last year, according to Hanoi’s Statistics Office.
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Products with high export growth included garment (up 22.7%), means of transports and tools (up 20.8%) while products seeing export decline are agricultural products (down 19.5%) and computer components and peripheral equipment (down 19.7%).
The capital city’s imports in April are estimated at US$1.754 billion, bringing the total import value for four months to US$7.325 billion, down 5.1% over the same period last year.
Imports of most products tend to decline compared to last year, such as chemical (down 24.7%), plastics (down 15.9%) and fertilizers (down 5.6%).
Hanoi’s Statistics Office also reported that industrial production obtained quite a high growth. The industrial production index (IPI) increased by 8.7% in the first four months of this year.
