Import and export in 2021 set a new record, increasing by 23% amid the COVID-19 epidemic

Delegates attending the conference.
Exceeding many targets, import and export is a bright spot

Sharing at the conference to review the work in 2021 and deploy the tasks in 2022 for the Industry and Trade sector on the morning of January 9, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said that 2021 is the first year of implementing the Great Resolution. society, the 10-year socio-economic development strategy from 2021 - 2030 and the 5-year socio-economic development plan from 2021 - 2025 in the context of many difficulties and challenges; especially the severe, unprecedented impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Together with the whole country, the Industry and Trade industry has been active, proactive and creative in implementing tasks and solutions to support and help businesses in production and business, ensuring circulation and timely supply. essential goods, boosting import and export.

“Export and import reached a record of nearly 670 billion USD, up nearly 23% over the previous year, becoming the bright spot of the economy and putting Vietnam in the group of 20 leading economies in terms of international trade; In which, exports had a spectacular breakthrough, increasing by over 19% (exceed by 15% compared to the plan), maintaining the trade surplus for the 6th consecutive year with a surplus of over 4 billion USD", Minister Nguyen Hong. Dien emphasized.

The number of export items continued to expand, with 35 items with export turnover of over 1 billion USD, of which 8 items achieved export turnover of over 10 billion USD (up 2 items compared to the previous year). 2020). The structure of export goods continues to improve positively, when the proportion of export turnover of processed and manufactured industrial goods increases from 85.2% in 2020 to 86.2% in 2021. deeper into global production and supply chains. Vietnam has a trade surplus mainly in developed countries' markets, which have strict quality requirements for imported goods such as the US (over 80 billion USD in trade surplus); EU (export surplus of over 28 billion USD).

Along with that, in 2021, industrial production will continue to expand and maintain a growth rate of nearly 5%, higher than the same period last year; in which, the processing and manufacturing industry increased by 6.37%, continuing to affirm its role as a driving force for the growth of the whole industry, making positive contributions to economic growth, creating jobs, ensuring social security. society.

In 2021, although the epidemic caused the goods supply chain to break at some point, with the efforts of the Ministry and the coordination of ministries, unions, localities, businesses... supply and demand for goods. has been secured, domestic and foreign supply chains are basically maintained, providing adequate and timely essential goods and services for production and people's life at relatively stable prices. At the same time, effectively exploiting commercial forms and markets, contributing to the consumption of tens of millions of tons of agricultural products to farmers at reasonable prices in the context of social distancing.

E-commerce thrived, becoming a new growth engine, making an important contribution to combating disruption of commodity supply chains and promoting exports. State management of competition and protection of consumers' interests; Market management and trade defense are concerned, implemented comprehensively and effectively, contributing to protecting and supporting the healthy development of the domestic market and protecting the rights and interests of the nation and people. in the process of international economic integration.

In addition, the state management of sectors and fields was organized synchronously and timely, contributing positively to the overall achievements of the whole industry. For example, the management, ensuring market order, preventing and combating smuggling, commercial fraud and counterfeiting in the domestic market has been consolidated. In 2021, the information management force detected and handled 41,375 violations; estimated budget collection and payment of nearly 430 billion VND; strengthen control over activities of trading in smuggled goods; production and trading of counterfeit goods, banned goods, goods of unknown origin; acts of infringing upon intellectual property rights; product quality and price, food safety…

State management of trade remedies, combating evasion of trade remedies and origin fraud has been implemented synchronously and comprehensively, contributing to the implementation of the policy of creating an equal competitive environment, ensuring ensure the development of domestic manufacturing industries. The work of international economic integration is enhanced; promote the effective implementation of Free Trade Agreements in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (exports to the EVFTA market increased by 14.2%, UKVFTA increased by 15.4%...); and partners to put the RCEP Agreement into effect from January 2022, thereby creating a new, large and stable market area for businesses.

In parallel, trade promotion has been improved, and trade promotion activities in the digital environment have been promoted. The management of industrial clusters and national industrial promotion has been implemented synchronously and effectively; activities to develop typical rural industrial products, promote local trade connections, contribute to the development of industry and commerce in localities...

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