Viet Nam’s excess of exports over imports in September reached more than US$170 million, a three-time increase against August, representing a great improvement compared to the excess of imports over exports of more than US$8 billion in the same period last year.
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Viet Nam's trade surplus continues to increase in September 2012
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It is the fourth month in succession when Viet Nam enjoyed the trade surplus.
This is resulted from the export value of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) businesses (more than US$250 million in September and nearly US$2.4 billion in the first nine months of 2012).
According to the Viet Nam Customs, in September, the nation’s export turnover attained more than US$9.48 billion, down 8% compared to the previous month. The import value is estimated at US$9.31 billion, down 9.2%.
In the first nine months of 2012, Viet Nam’s export and import turnovers achieved nearly US$83.55 billion and US $83.4 billion, up 18.6% and up 6.1% respectively./.