Vietnam imported goods worth US$2.04 billion from Taiwan in November, a slight decline of 0.47 percent compared to October, according to Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. Year-to-date imports amounted to US$20.73 billion.
Computers, electrical products, and spare parts remained the largest import category, contributing US$1.26 billion, though this represented a 5.35 percent decrease month-on-month. Fabrics followed at US$117.38 million, also declining by 5.45 percent. Machinery, equipment, tools, and instruments saw a sharper drop of 7.15 percent, reaching US$119.91 million.
Plastics imports showed robust growth, increasing by 22.78 percent to US$112.84 million, while chemical imports rose significantly by 51.81 percent, amounting to US$55.81 million. Conversely, still image and video cameras fell by 15.61 percent to US$45.88 million.
The modest overall decline underscores the balance in Vietnam’s import trade with Taiwan, with strong growth in plastics and chemicals offsetting declines in other categories such as electronics and machinery.
See also: Trade in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s imports from Taiwan, November 2024
| November | October | MoM | YTD | |
| Total | 2,037,940,579 | 2,047,652,686 | -0.47% | 20,726,304,912 |
| Computers, electrical products, spare-parts and | 1,260,419,349 | 1,331,681,441 | -5.35% | 12,622,314,190 |
| Fabrics | 117,380,205 | 124,140,020 | -5.45% | 1,380,925,467 |
| Machine, equipment, tools and instruments | 119,908,744 | 129,139,806 | -7.15% | 1,250,014,330 |
| Plastics | 112,842,350 | 91,908,316 | 22.78% | 1,111,831,861 |
| Iron and steel | 48,421,851 | 51,317,955 | -5.64% | 584,404,806 |
| Chemicals | 55,813,669 | 36,764,540 | 51.81% | 523,248,567 |
| Still image, video cameras and parts thereof | 45,876,678 | 54,360,556 | -15.61% | 505,436,251 |
| Chemical products | 49,410,798 | 41,234,154 | 19.83% | 486,949,382 |
| Other products | 42,331,493 | 32,423,908 | 30.56% | 427,540,260 |
| Textile, leather and foot-wear materials and | 28,163,309 | 24,673,328 | 14.14% | 325,306,943 |
| Plastic products | 23,556,513 | 21,599,967 | 9.06% | 244,585,780 |
| Yarn | 20,141,383 | 18,321,112 | 9.94% | 207,098,829 |
| Other base metals | 17,326,152 | 14,258,005 | 21.52% | 169,603,191 |
| Fishery products | 15,537,347 | 9,890,964 | 57.09% | 158,020,505 |
| Rubber | 15,573,976 | 15,234,136 | 2.23% | 131,132,847 |
| Iron and steel products | 15,629,433 | 11,979,436 | 30.47% | 126,350,453 |
| Other petroleum products | 12,255,056 | 4,670,552 | 162.39% | 89,286,561 |
| Paper | 5,229,671 | 4,164,498 | 25.58% | 63,490,621 |
| Animal fodders and animal fodder materials | 1,760,502 | 3,078,108 | -42.81% | 39,259,500 |
| Other base metal products | 4,665,627 | 3,590,976 | 29.93% | 38,328,054 |
| Insulated wires and cables | 4,145,881 | 3,905,057 | 6.17% | 36,308,197 |
| Other edible food preparations | 2,958,713 | 2,943,829 | 0.51% | 29,516,627 |
| Pharmaceutical products | 2,004,903 | 1,230,111 | 62.99% | 29,428,627 |
| Rubber products | 3,550,755 | 3,040,521 | 16.78% | 29,073,280 |
| Fertilizers | 2,977,312 | 2,643,505 | 12.63% | 22,292,943 |
| Paper products | 2,068,272 | 2,041,078 | 1.33% | 18,273,657 |
| Telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof | 1,386,005 | 1,914,750 | -27.61% | 14,816,574 |
| Electric consumer products and parts thereof | 1,094,810 | 1,166,205 | -6.12% | 12,576,533 |
| Ores and other minerals product | 1,492,921 | 948,909 | 57.33% | 11,444,913 |
| Insecticides, rodenticides and materials | 824,495 | 1,066,416 | -22.69% | 10,087,696 |
| Glass and glassware | 846,479 | 1,029,936 | -17.81% | 9,194,102 |
| Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic | 541,898 | 484,716 | 11.80% | 4,997,486 |
| Ferrous waste and scrap | 555,467 | 188,415 | 194.81% | 4,648,016 |
| Precious stones, precious metal and articles | 247,351 | 329,758 | -24.99% | 3,496,105 |
| Other means of transportation, parts and | 598,651 | 159,290 | 275.82% | 2,815,573 |
| Wood and wooden products | 372,455 | 128,412 | 190.05% | 2,150,229 |
| Cotton | 30,103 | 0 | 0.00% | 55,955 |