Vietnam’s trade deficit reaches $4bilion in first nine months

Accumulated imports since the beginning of the year reached 117 billion USD, including mainly machines, components, and equipment for production and export.

Meanwhile, export turnover for the first 9 months recorded USD 113 billion, leading products consisting of aquatic products, garment and textiles, and mobile phone parts.

The result of these figures is a national trade deficit of 3.5% in export turnover, below the Government’s target of 5%.