Vietnam Imported About $237 Billion 510 Million In 2018, An Increase Of 11.5% Over The Same Period Last Year.

Vietnam's import volume was about $21 billion 200 million in December 2018, down 1.8% from November, according to data from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam.

Among them, the amount of imported enterprises increased by about 8 billion 550 million US dollars, an increase of 0.5%, and the import amount of foreign-funded enterprises was about 12 billion 650 million US dollars, a decrease of 3.3%.

Compared with 2017, the amount of imports in 2018 was about US $237 billion 510 million, an increase of 11.5% over 2017.

Among them, the amount of imports from Vietnamese enterprises increased by 11.3%, and the amount of imports from foreign-funded enterprises increased by $142 billion 710 million, an increase of 11.6%. 94 billion 800 million.

In 2018, 36 products imported more than US $1 billion, accounting for 90.4% of total imports, of which 4 products accounted for more than 10 billion US dollars, accounting for 44.3%.

The import amount of products used for processing and assembling increased compared with that in 2017, including electronic products, computers and parts, increased by 12.5%, machinery and equipment and parts 33 billion 700 million US dollars, reduced by 0.5%, and telephone and parts of 42 billion 500 million US dollars decreased by 2.6%;

Iron and steel 9 billion 900 million US dollars, increased by 9%, plastic 9 billion 100 million US dollars, increased 20%; oil products 7 billion 600 million US dollars, increased 7.8%; general metals 7 billion 300 million US dollars, increased 24.9%; plastic products 5 billion 900 million US dollars, increased 8.1%;

Chemical products $5 billion 200 million, an increase of 25.2%.

Regarding the source of imports, China was still the largest source of imports in Vietnam in 2018, with an import amount of US $65 billion 800 million, an increase of 12.3% compared to 2017; followed by 47 billion 900 million US dollars from Korea, an increase of 2%; an increase of 13% from ASEAN's imports of 32 billion US dollars; an import of 19 billion 300 million US dollars from Japan, an increase of 13.4%; an increase of 13.1% from the EU's imports of 13 billion 800 million US dollars; an import of 12 billion 800 million dollars from the United States and an increase of 12 billion 800 million.

In December 2018, the trade deficit was 200 million US dollars, and the trade surplus in 2018 amounted to US $7 billion 200 million in the year. The deficit of the Vietnamese funded enterprises was US $25 billion 600 million and the surplus of foreign enterprises was US $32 billion 800 million.