The General Department of Customs said that in September, Vietnam's import and export of goods showed signs of decline when reaching just over $58 billion (decreased by nearly 12% compared to the previous month). In which, exports reached nearly 30 billion USD, down 5 billion USD; imports reached more than 28 billion USD, down 2.7 billion USD.

In the past 9 months, the total import and export value of Vietnam's goods reached nearly 600 billion USD (up 15% over the same period in 2021). In which, exports reached more than 282 billion USD (up 17%); imports reached nearly 276 billion USD (up 13%). Trade surplus in 9 months reached more than 6.7 billion USD.

With the growth rate as in the past time, it is forecast that the total import-export turnover of Vietnam this year will reach over 700 billion USD.

Notable statistics show that, contributing to the growth of exports since the beginning of the year, there are 8 groups of value-added goods, accounting for nearly 80% of Vietnam's export value.

Footwear of all kinds also recorded a strong growth when reaching more than 21 billion USD (up 4.8 billion USD); phones and components reached 45 billion USD (increasing by more than 4 billion USD); seafood reached 8.5 billion USD (up 2.3 billion USD) . Cameras, camcorders and components increased by 1.3 billion USD; wood and wood products reached more than 12 billion USD (an increase of more than 1.1 billion USD).

Regarding the market, the US is still the largest importer of Vietnamese goods with 85 billion USD (accounting for 30% of the market share); China reached 41 billion USD (accounting for 14.6%); Korea reached 18.7 billion USD (accounting for 6.6%), Japan reached 18 billion USD (accounting for more than 6%)…

The General Department of Customs forecasts that, with the same growth rate as in the past time, the country's total import-export turnover this year will reach over 700 billion USD.