Citing the latest statistics from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam's fiber exports in September reached 153,768 tons with a value of more than 373 USD/ton, down 11.7% in volume and 12.5% in value. compared to the previous month. By the end of the third quarter of 2023, fiber exports earned 3.2 billion USD with more than 1.3 million tons of goods exported abroad, an increase of 9.3% in volume but a decrease of 13.8% in value compared to the same period last year. period 2022.
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In the first 9 months of 2023, fiber exports earned 3.2 billion USD, up 9.3% in volume but down 13.8% in value compared to the same period in 2022. |
Regarding the market, specifically in September, exports of this product to China reached 77,459 tons with a value of more than 203 million USD, down 18.8% in volume and down nearly 20% compared to August 2023. In the first 9 months of the year, our country exported 647,862 tons of fiber to the Chinese market and earned more than 1.71 billion USD, up 18.1% in volume but down 2.1% in value compared to the same period last year. period of 2022. Export price reaches 2,652 USD/ton, down 17.1% over the same period in 2022.
Korea is the second largest export market of Vietnamese fiber. Specifically, in September, exports of this product to Korea reached 10,898 tons with a value of more than 30 million USD, an increase of 0.6% in volume and an increase of 2.8% in value compared to August 2023. Overall, in the first 9 months of the year, fiber exports to this market reached 101,880 tons and earned more than 284 million USD, down 5.78% in volume and 24.2% in value compared to the same period in 2022. The average export price reached 2,788 USD/ton, down 19.65% over the same period in 2022.
Ranked 3rd is the US market. In the first 9 months of the year, our country exported 75,483 tons of fiber to the US with a value of more than 108 million USD, down 13.8% in volume and down 29.4% in value over the same period. . The average export price reached 1,443 USD/ton, down 17.5% over the same period in 2022 and less than half the export price to China or Korea.
Vietnam is the world's 6th largest fiber exporter and the world's 3rd largest exporter of textiles and garments - just behind China and Bangladesh.
In 2022, Vietnam's textile and garment exports will reach 44.5 billion USD, an increase of 11% compared to 2021, and exports of textile fibers of all kinds will reach 2.54 billion USD, a slight decrease of 4.3% in volume and a decrease of 0.2%. % in value compared to 2021.