According to the latest preliminary statistics released by the Customs Department (Ministry of Finance), the total import and export turnover of goods in Vietnam in the first half of April 2025 (from April 1, 2025, to April 15, 2025) reached USD 35.44 billion, a decrease of 10.6% (equivalent to a decrease of USD 4.2 billion) compared to the performance in the second half of March 2025.
The results achieved in the first half of April 2025 brought the country’s total import and export turnover to USD 237.97 billion as of April 15, 2025, an increase of 16.5%, equivalent to an increase of USD 33.71 billion in absolute terms compared to the same period last year. Of this, the total import and export turnover of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) reached USD 159.17 billion, up 15.6% (equivalent to an increase of USD 21.53 billion)
Specifically, the total export value of goods of Vietnam in the first period of April 2025 reached USD 16.75 billion, down 6.9% compared to the first period of March. Compared to the second period of March (the period with the highest export value ever) the export value of the first period of April decreased by 18.3% (equivalent to a decrease of USD 3.74 billion in absolute terms)
Export value in the first period of April 2025 decreased compared to the second period of March 2025 in the following groups of goods: computers, electronic products, and components decreased by USD 814 million, equivalent to a decrease of 18%; all kinds of phones and components decreased by USD 745 million, equivalent to a decrease of 29.6%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts decreased by USD 412 million, equivalent to a decrease of 16.4%…
Thus, up to April 15, 2025, the total export turnover of Vietnam reached USD 119.62 billion, up 16.3% equivalent to an increase of USD 16.78 billion compared to the same period last year.
Some groups of goods with increased export turnover include: computers, electronic products, and components increased by USD 3.69 billion, equivalent to an increase of 17.5%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts increased by USD 2.11 billion, equivalent to a rise of 17.1%; all kinds of phones and components increased by USD 1.77 billion, equivalent to a rise of 12.6% compared to the same period last year.
Statistics from the Customs Department also show that the export turnover of goods of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in the first period of April 2025 reached USD 11.58 billion, down 20.1% equivalent to a decrease of USD 2.91 billion compared to the second period of March 2025.
As of April 15, 2025, the total export turnover of this group of enterprises reached USD 85.03 billion, up 15.8%, equivalent to an increase of USD 11.59 billion compared to the same period last year, accounting for 71.1% of the country’s total export turnover.
In the opposite direction, the total import turnover of goods of Vietnam in the first half of April 2025 reached USD 18.69 billion, down 2.4% (equivalent to a decrease of USD 459 million in absolute terms) compared to the performance in the second half of March 2025.
Import turnover in the first half of April 2025 increased compared to the second half of March 2025 mainly in the following groups of goods: computers, electronic products, and components decreased by USD 217 million, equivalent to a decrease of 3.8%; whole cars of all kinds decreased by USD 67 million, equivalent to a decrease of 24.5%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts decreased by USD 65 million, equivalent to a decrease of 2.6%.
Thus, up to April 15, 2025, the country’s total import turnover reached USD 118.35 billion, up 16.7% (equivalent to an increase of USD 16.93 billion) compared to the same period last year.
Some groups of goods with high increases include: computers, electronic products, and components increased by USD 9.12 billion, equivalent to a rise of 32.5%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts increased by USD 2.64 billion, equivalent to an increase of 21.2% compared to the same period last year.
Import turnover of goods of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in this period reached USD 11.24 billion, down 3.8% (equivalent to a decrease of USD 439 million) compared to the second period of March 2025. As of April 15, 2025, the total import turnover of this group of enterprises reached USD 74.14 billion, up 15.5% (equivalent to an increase of USD 9.94 billion) compared to the same period last year, accounting for 63% of the country’s total import turnover.
With the above figures, in the first half of April 2025, the trade balance of goods deficit was USD 1.94 billion. From the beginning of the year to April 15, 2025, the trade balance of goods surplus was USD 1.27 billion.
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