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Vietnam’s Imports and Exports, March 2024: Snapshot

Vietnam’s General Department of Customs has released import-export data for March of 2024. Here’s what it has found.

Vietnam imports by item, March 2024

MarchMOM %2024YOY %
Computers, electrical products, spare-parts and components thereof8,406,551,18418.724,042,310,26924.1
Machine, equipment, tools and instruments3,758,610,68745.510,344,804,72312.5
Other products1,872,624,03541.95,048,016,5739.1
Fabrics1,191,755,13950.83,156,267,4205.8
Iron and steel1,044,534,95726.72,928,165,85529.1
Plastics954,140,79950.82,503,963,3838.9
Telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof797,916,38235.32,290,468,90020.5
Petroleum products901,709,17846.12,104,815,476-5.9
Other base metals757,323,35035.32,036,694,4287.2
Crude oil655,189,42920.72,031,132,83820.2
Coal670,934,1739.21,949,529,62135.4
Chemicals696,775,19024.41,936,492,3734.8
Plastic products688,947,53042.61,910,611,74615.4
Chemical products662,552,28450.41,772,331,049-0.2
Textile, leather and foot-wear materials and auxiliaries610,965,26161.91,553,517,65312.2
Iron and steel products478,031,35243.01,349,658,52415.1
Animal fodders and animal fodder materials467,660,38037.01,208,625,5273.6
Pharmaceutical products337,285,19731.2935,267,96815.6
Parts and accessories of motor vehicles318,269,77622.4920,179,094-7.9
Cashew nut550,936,726219.9825,672,9986.6
Cotton249,428,52730.5730,243,11026.8
Ores and other minerals product285,842,51036.6722,280,32351.8
Maize (corn)215,884,967-9.1702,741,313-4.8
Insulated wires and cables241,100,67031.9694,678,99228.2
Other base metal products249,601,84053.5677,772,63938.8
Motor vehicles330,124,73162.3675,385,465-27.1
Fishery products215,938,66734.4619,602,220-6.5
Electric consumer products and parts thereof228,508,90036.8583,150,90322.5
Yarn220,595,14468.2574,024,17613.6
Rubber169,733,96912.3569,038,80114.9
Still image, video cameras and parts thereof185,180,84521.3554,424,9286.8
Other petroleum products151,695,448-21.3540,037,97761.0
Wood and wooden products193,517,46658.1535,694,33715.3
Liquefied petroleum gases (LPG)152,449,9505.9499,758,14617.1
Ferrous waste and scrap178,754,2141.4496,034,7102.4
Fruits and vegetables155,648,71328.7493,179,39217.8
Paper177,609,15148.9483,385,7074.8
Glass and glassware139,133,75118.7430,730,26818.0
Wheats131,395,019-1.9421,390,884-5.2
Fertilisers123,332,08234.7351,897,62848.2
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations112,722,02420.7311,346,7898.5
Soya beans103,575,39746.0296,615,588-14.4
Other means of transportation, parts and accessories thereof90,240,56511.5292,078,865-4.0
Other edible food preparations98,301,08122.8269,074,184-12.3
Animal, vegetable fats and oils106,327,33365.8250,091,417-6.5
Milk and milk products98,589,06653.2244,703,605-22.7
Rubber products83,256,24940.2230,766,8528.8
Paper products86,832,41483.6217,457,73412.1
Precious stones, precious metal and articles thereof65,585,49922.1200,949,124-23.6
Insecticides, rodenticides and materials81,746,18476.9192,053,287-0.6
Motorcycles and parts, accessories thereof46,054,91055.3124,140,050-24.5
Pastrycooks, sweets and cereal products39,506,39540.5113,236,0353.6
Pharmaceutical materials40,083,48249.8106,530,981-2.2
Tobacco materials9,991,24544.027,093,165163.2
Total30,881,001,41732.585,080,116,01314.0
Total for foreign invested enterprises19,312,151,72325.554,326,162,16911.6

Vietnam exports by item, March 2024

MarchMOM %2024YOY %
Computers, electrical products, spare-parts and components thereof6,337,194,87436.116,334,469,45435.7
Telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof4,701,956,26819.214,215,545,3405.9
Machine, equipment, tools and instruments3,952,011,30634.010,935,755,27610.8
Textiles and garments2,663,177,31631.77,820,545,5448.8
Footwear1,642,696,34439.54,791,815,98710.4
Other products1,475,947,76541.84,040,047,2243.7
Other means of transportation, parts and accessories thereof1,364,240,54246.53,664,189,87816.1
Wood and wooden products1,297,521,43669.43,539,166,61525.4
Iron and steel834,816,15411.42,389,107,08140.1
Still image, video cameras and parts thereof761,999,19924.52,200,537,85072.9
Fishery products742,046,52561.51,945,817,8166.5
Coffee671,834,59627.11,926,246,11156.7
Plastic products555,303,78258.51,462,359,37630.1
Rice709,602,79390.11,426,901,25945.6
Fruits and vegetables469,941,05944.31,283,985,73931.4
Yarn388,838,81733.01,055,710,93712.2
Iron and steel products416,211,51864.51,054,482,1802.8
Other base metals and other base metal products374,498,30549.0997,888,586-4.7
Handbags, purses, suit-cases, headgear and umbrellas313,778,84152.8895,436,0548.7
Cashew nut315,453,110122.3808,850,08924.6
Furniture of materials, other than of wood300,951,77779.2783,211,89938.9
Insulated wires and cables283,826,07449.0768,953,513-2.1
Plastics251,874,81417.7735,737,68441.3
Toys and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof244,984,26540.2710,005,756-18.3
Chemicals242,747,27114.7690,404,42521.5
Chemical products237,830,12135.4655,626,53512.1
Crude oil297,551,22136.2635,541,55830.4
Rubber180,367,84038.8607,351,04114.3
Petroleum products160,168,402-11.7532,022,6458.9
Textile, leather and foot-wear materials and auxiliaries187,388,84259.4497,807,8423.0
Paper and paper products182,608,81339.5486,887,3830.1
Manioc and manioc products142,095,90447.6430,447,50615.6
Clinker and cement108,478,33542.2304,099,656-9.5
Rubber products110,531,95161.9284,084,58019.2
Pastrycooks, sweets and cereals products98,758,14657.5259,772,23219.3
Pepper111,579,053104.8235,819,2701.1
Glass and glassware83,586,93759.0223,084,7178.6
Animal fodders and animal fodder materials79,568,80536.7222,267,386-3.0
Fertilisers62,768,041-13.5207,787,88013.1
Bamboo and rattan products74,308,39457.2201,580,46222.0
Tyre cord fabrics and other fabrics for technical uses69,346,12216.3195,525,3679.8
Ceramic products57,990,44655.6159,988,27115.8
Precious stones, precious metal and articles thereof64,470,32496.4158,806,736-42.1
Ores and other minerals product21,883,45245.361,043,78371.0
Tea14,151,23971.643,218,89023.0
Coal288,31834.2847,854-17.3
Total33,659,175,45736.492,880,783,26716.8
Total for foreign invested enterprises24,079,790,68032.567,167,240,23913.7

Vietnam imports by country, March 2024

SourceMarchYTD
China11,171,606,83430,523,352,122
South Korea4,586,405,62412,553,461,467
Japan1,936,212,1925,501,416,682
Taiwan1,709,669,3124,907,543,203
United States of America1,177,671,4283,384,952,229
Thailand979,170,5542,608,084,926
Malaysia898,543,2072,417,325,832
Cambodia868,110,0031,723,928,681
Indonesia787,347,5122,046,409,980
Kuwait666,572,3031,828,142,660
Australia615,458,6321,861,506,211
India503,917,0451,398,110,934
Singapore468,014,4201,220,705,560
Brazil463,654,8501,528,402,230
Ireland333,036,6201,018,588,942
Germany279,477,420796,898,376
Argentina251,155,722495,932,303
Philippines244,286,033703,872,801
Russia181,270,799579,928,867
Israel151,305,806481,959,085
Laos146,459,284331,649,081
France138,507,315422,151,311
Italy138,473,409396,033,875
South Africa117,031,045253,438,440
Saudi Arabia114,882,760355,183,213
Hong Kong100,726,290318,866,783
Mexico82,983,713239,269,343
Canada73,812,782159,275,758
United Kingdom70,414,811174,585,988
Qatar62,911,041164,778,696
Belgium55,395,649147,233,918
Switzerland51,379,384139,547,163
Spain50,169,354131,106,279
United Arab Emirates47,857,075286,336,860
Turkey44,781,891100,624,564
Netherlands44,005,146150,896,570
Norway42,207,442108,883,014
New Zealand38,861,993108,138,008
Austria38,328,57391,325,493
Poland37,616,48197,156,319
Nigeria33,443,079153,461,199
Pakistan32,778,756115,367,223
Congo32,370,04773,126,542
Sweden26,982,76882,682,272
Myanmar25,139,88474,663,280
Chile24,967,30580,375,909
Denmark18,847,30650,343,415
Portugal18,729,83436,775,070
Brunei Darussalam18,320,063103,467,745
Czech Republic18,228,99053,296,816
Ivory Coast16,908,29962,502,948
Hungary16,195,44242,569,727
Tanzania15,815,69491,747,640
Romania15,161,65835,462,896
Finland13,442,06643,686,666
Luxembourg9,514,31717,977,544
Greece9,410,44123,694,037
Slovenia8,962,15224,229,016
Bangladesh8,094,56925,144,634
Peru6,978,76718,050,185
Bulgaria6,781,57213,433,485
Cameroon5,642,43125,645,161
Ukraine5,419,81654,551,595
Kazakhstan5,168,7998,238,585
Ghana4,686,36913,665,352
Slovakia3,440,28212,143,716
Croatia2,997,9727,523,750
Lithuania2,821,5406,933,212
Cyprus2,681,00111,013,534
Latvia2,032,5596,571,490
Malta1,951,2355,131,936
Belarus1,862,3135,643,350
Estonia1,104,8012,829,416
Tunisia570,6782,335,006

Vietnam exports, February 2024, by country

DestinationMarchYTD
United States of America8,968,094,73725,772,076,256
China5,152,609,35313,108,011,347
South Korea2,194,217,3046,364,395,721
Japan2,072,286,1595,689,963,792
Hong Kong1,302,420,1102,944,995,682
Netherlands1,183,605,2592,941,031,535
India666,791,1172,101,316,513
Thailand630,111,7571,981,687,597
United Kingdom638,133,2511,902,803,524
Germany650,581,4761,902,651,582
Indonesia502,776,3451,559,279,700
Canada525,661,4951,502,867,544
Philippines608,990,6551,456,486,747
United Arab Emirates516,872,4711,442,750,736
Singapore623,493,8881,390,973,643
Australia522,391,6971,354,625,215
Mexico518,057,6971,340,421,638
Italy451,133,1101,331,047,270
Taiwan497,239,6221,308,870,017
Malaysia447,281,2961,234,326,196
Cambodia432,620,9661,206,469,406
Spain387,104,9651,053,175,005
Belgium327,323,700855,089,342
France256,783,453803,386,187
Poland240,943,804695,893,518
Brazil222,861,944676,020,902
Australia218,262,199637,012,212
Russia176,207,324530,028,557
Turkey170,937,259464,856,659
Chile126,141,592453,560,230
Saudi Arabia129,062,231347,747,822
Slovakia130,890,595338,420,891
Czech Republic124,716,153305,175,625
Sweden79,633,076278,786,710
Bangladesh89,785,898241,874,571
Israel69,717,147231,052,569
South Africa74,359,128204,985,939
New Zealand57,325,793176,949,607
Colombia61,966,234165,692,463
Armenia36,827,595157,531,643
Laos53,249,261145,173,819
Portugal49,382,219134,371,417
Hungary55,595,865134,309,716
Egypt40,574,336123,125,723
Peru38,612,123116,976,412
Kazakhstan40,944,142115,339,396
Ireland39,118,218103,241,356
Denmark35,751,007102,611,807
Pakistan33,055,55095,557,555
Slovenia34,619,79794,789,959
Greece32,695,67793,509,856
Panama38,828,32690,929,902
Romania32,193,01682,504,132
Togo24,601,70079,637,845
Latvia29,908,58878,548,427
Iraq35,976,81176,496,699
Myanmar23,097,49075,435,101
Ivory Coast53,634,39973,627,179
Algeria19,563,11073,216,430
Ghana35,370,06967,760,297
Luxembourg29,158,48865,822,352
Nigeria20,422,14664,998,917
Argentina20,012,16854,006,876
Finland15,898,43347,746,455
Bulgaria16,219,30945,246,477
Switzerland11,836,19043,760,197
Sri Lanka16,589,23043,359,714
Lithuania18,531,20041,828,472
Brunei1,418,13630,876,507
Tanzania13,408,81829,043,878
Croatia11,025,60327,621,725
Norway7,933,79125,739,165
Kenya8,262,94620,770,905
Mozambique7,075,09320,537,735
Kuwait7,031,23917,307,536
Cyprus5,218,09213,667,140
Ukraine4,014,0079,558,680
Senegal3,746,2059,181,433
Estonia3,147,2577,987,094
Angola1,937,2736,202,323
East Timor2,060,1943,529,868
Malta912,8702,982,254
Kyrgyzstan1,304,1672,354,640

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