Vietnam’s plastic imports surged 21.33 percent month-on-month in February, reaching US$1.06 billion, according to Vietnam’s General Department of Customs. This increase follows January’s total of US$871.70 million, bringing year-to-date imports to US$1.93 billion.

China remained the largest supplier, accounting for 24.71 percent of total imports with US$261.29 million, a 2.46 percent increase from January. South Korea followed with US$204.45 million, up 24.18 percent, while Taiwan saw a 12.06 percent rise to US$108.12 million. The USA and Saudi Arabia both recorded strong growth of 29.05 percent and 29.41 percent, respectively.

Malaysia, Singapore, and the UAE posted the highest month-on-month increases, with growth rates of 50.87 percent, 50.37 percent, and 54.53 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, imports from Germany and Sweden declined by 14.41 percent and 55.39 percent, respectively.

See also: Plastics Industry in Vietnam

Vietnam plastic imports, February 2025, US$ millions

	February	% Total	January	MoM	YTD
Total	1,057.62	100.00%	871.70	21.33%	1,932.39
Other	8.22	0.78%	8.20	0.32%	16.42
China	261.29	24.71%	255.02	2.46%	516.82
South Korea	204.45	19.33%	164.63	24.18%	370.07
Taiwan	108.12	10.22%	96.49	12.06%	204.68
USA	91.73	8.67%	71.08	29.05%	162.40
Saudi Arabia	91.49	8.65%	70.70	29.41%	162.24
Thailand	52.27	4.94%	39.90	31.01%	92.90
Japan	49.08	4.64%	35.08	39.92%	84.96
Malaysia	41.00	3.88%	27.18	50.87%	68.39
Singapore	29.64	2.80%	19.71	50.37%	49.39
UAE	20.87	1.97%	13.51	54.53%	34.38
Indonesia	18.85	1.78%	12.78	47.45%	31.63
India	18.83	1.78%	15.26	23.41%	34.10
Kuwait	12.64	1.20%	2.65	376.24%	15.30
Russia	9.98	0.94%	9.48	5.31%	19.46
Qatar	9.75	0.92%	6.25	55.90%	16.00
Brazil	5.22	0.49%	3.71	40.65%	8.93
Germany	4.85	0.46%	5.67	-14.41%	10.59
Canada	4.41	0.42%	3.24	35.93%	7.65
Spain	3.34	0.32%	1.81	84.64%	5.15
Netherlands	3.09	0.29%	1.66	86.59%	4.75
France	2.70	0.26%	2.54	6.27%	5.24
Belgium	2.16	0.20%	1.75	23.67%	3.91
Hong Kong	1.08	0.10%	0.74	46.79%	1.82
Italy	1.02	0.10%	1.05	-3.47%	2.07
UK	0.69	0.07%	0.50	39.40%	1.19
South Africa	0.38	0.04%	0.26	48.78%	0.64
Australia	0.28	0.03%	0.35	-21.02%	0.63
Sweden	0.14	0.01%	0.32	-55.39%	0.46
Philippines	0.03	0.00%	0.20	-82.45%	0.23

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