(13th Congress) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises earned 68.52 billion USD from exports and imports in the first two months of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 31.5%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
FDI enterprises see 5.5 billion USD in trade surplus in two months. (Photo: vneconomy.vn)
Specifically, exports of the FDI sector were valued at 37 billion USD, a year-on-year reduction of 32% in the two months, while import value reached 31.15 billion, a year-on-year rise of 30.8%.
With these, the sector enjoyed nearly 5.5 billion USD in trade surplus during the period.
Among sub-sectors, machinery, tools and parts posted the largest export growth of 77 percent, increasing 2.44 billion USD. It was followed by phones and spare parts (2.2 billion USD, or 29 percent), and electronics and parts (1.85 billion USD, or 34 percent).
As of February 20, 5.46 billion USD worth of FDI was injected into Vietnam, equivalent to 84.4 percent of the figure recorded in the same time last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment./.
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