Viet Nam’s trade deficit in the past eight months stood at US$ 600 million, according to the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam.
In the period, export turnover reached US$84.8 billion, up 14.7%, and import value, US$85.4 billion, up 14.9%.
Of the export turnover,the State sector contributed US$28.7 billion, up 3.1% and the foreign-invested sector of US$56.1 billion, up 21.6%.
Items with high export turnover included phones and spare parts (US$13.1 billion, up 76.2%), garment (US$11.5 billion, up 17.3%), electronics, computers and spare parts (US$6.8 billion, up 42.2%) and footwear (US$5.5 billion and up 16.1%).
In import turnover, theState and foreign-invested sectors increased by 4% and 25.1%.
Machines and equipment led in import value with US$11.8 billion, up 9.6%. It was followed by electronics, computers and spare parts US$11.5 billion, up 41.6%, fabric US$5.5 billion, up 20.2%, phones and components US$5.2 billion, up 71.3% and iron and steel US$4.5 billion, up 10%./.