Jan-Nov trade surplus rises 18 times to $10.6 bln
Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of $10.6 billion in January-November, versus $600 million in the same period last year.
The achievement was based on a 13.4% year-on-year increase in export revenues to $342.21 billion, while imports rose 10.1% to $331.61 billion, according to the General Statistics Office.
China and the U.S. were Vietnam's two biggest trade partners in the 11-month period, with values of $162.9 billion and $115.1 billion, respectively, followed by South Korea ($80.7 billion), ASEAN ($74.4 billion), and the EU ($57.6 billion).
China was the biggest goods supplier to Vietnam with $109.9 billion, up 9.9% year-on-year, followed by South Korea with $58.2 billion, up 15%, and ASEAN with $43.3 billion, a 16.4% increase.

Trucks waiting to ship goods from Lang Son province in northern Vietnam to China. Photo courtesy of Young People newspaper.
The U.S. was the biggest export destination of Vietnam in January-November with $101.5 billion, up 18% year-on-year; followed by China with $53 billion, up 5.7%, and the EU with $43.5 billion, rising 21%.
Amid the economic slowdown and low number of orders among businesses, the November export revenue went down 8.4% year-on-year to $29.18 billion. However, the January-November export revenue rose 13.4% year-on-year to $342.21 billion thanks to post-pandemic recovery.
In the last 11 months, processing and manufacturing accounted for 89% of the country's export revenues, followed by farm produce and forestry goods with 6.6%, and fisheries with 3%.
In November, footwear was the only major product with a year-on-year growth in export revenue, up 29.9% to $2.05 billion.
Other major export products recorded decreases, including wood and wooden products with $1.1 billion, down 14.6%; apparel with $2.85 billion, or 6.4% lower; machinery and equipment with $3.8 billion, down 8.3%; electronic goods, computers, and spare parts with $4 billion, or a 13.9% reduction; and phones and spare parts with $5.3 billion, or 0.7% lower year-on-year.
Nevertheless, in January-November, footwear export revenue reached $22.18 billion, up 40.2% year-on-year; wood and wooden products $14.59 billion, up 9%; machinery and equipment $41.97 billion, up 23.3%; electronic goods, computers, and spare parts $50.62 billion, or a 11.2% hike; and phones and spare parts $55.67 billion, or 7.2 % higher.
As the fuel shortage at gasoline stations in October has gradually ended in November, data showed that the import of gasoline and crude oil increased by 86.5% and 155.4% year-on-year in the month, the highest pace among all commodities, to reach $757 million and $1.25 billion, respectively.
Besides, the import of key products was on a downtrend in November. The import expenditures of electronic goods, computers, and spare parts slumped 25.6% year-on-year in November to $5.8 billion, but rose 11.8% year-on-year in January-November to $76.25 billion.
Similarly, the import expenditure of phones and spare parts decreased 10.3% year-on-year in November to $2.1 billion, but went up 3.5% year-on-year in the 11-month period to $19.88 billion.
The figures for machinery and equipment declined 6.8% year-on-year in November and 1.9% year-on-year in January-November to $3.7 billion and $41.5 billion, respectively.
In the 11-month period, input materials accounted for the biggest import portion with $310.45 billion, or 93.6%; followed by consumer goods with $21.16 billion, or 6.4%.
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