According to the General Department of Customs , in the first 15 days of the month (December 1-15, 2022), the whole country imported 11,769 CBU cars , with a total turnover of 219.33 million USD.
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Indonesia has surpassed Thailand to become the largest automobile supplier to Vietnam |
Thus, after setting a record of nearly 23,000 imported cars in November, the number of imported cars in the first half of December continued to reach a high level.
From the beginning of the year to December 15, the whole country imported 163,333 CBU cars, with a total turnover of 3.62 billion USD. In particular, the above result surpasses the record number of nearly 160,000 imported cars in the whole year of 2021.
Regarding the import market, the three leading names in market share are located in Asia, including: Indonesia, Thailand and China. In particular, Indonesia has surpassed Thailand to become the largest auto supplier to Vietnam with 63,987 vehicles, turnover of 934.4 million USD (updated by market by the end of November).
Although Thailand lost its No. 1 position in volume, it still led in turnover with 61,101 vehicles, with a turnover of 1.2 billion USD. China reached 16,240 vehicles, with a turnover of 670 million USD, however, the main vehicle lines from this market are trucks and specialized cars.
With 141,328 vehicles, the three markets above account for 93.23% of the total imported CBU cars of the whole country.