According to the latest preliminary statistics from the Customs Department (Ministry of Finance), the total import and export turnover of goods in Vietnam in the first half of July 2025 (from July 1, 2025, to July 15, 2025) reached $38.21 billion, a decrease of 7% (equivalent to a decrease of $2.86 billion) compared to the performance in the second half of June 2025.
The results achieved in the first half of July 2025 brought the country’s total import and export turnover to $470.63 billion as of July 15, 2025, an increase of 16.2%, equivalent to an increase of $65.48 billion in absolute terms compared to the same period in 2024.
Of this, the total import and export turnover of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) reached $329.11 billion, an increase of 19.9% (equivalent to an increase of $54.51 billion).
Specifically, the total export turnover of Vietnam in the first half of July 2025 reached $19.04 billion, a decrease of 13.2% compared to the previous period (equivalent to a decrease of nearly $3 billion)
Export turnover in the first half of July 2025 decreased compared to the second half of June 2025 in the following groups of goods: computers, electronic products, and components decreased by $1.09 billion, equivalent to a decrease of 21.9%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts decreased by $375 million, equivalent to a decrease of 14%; textiles decreased by $225 million, a decrease of 11%; fruits and vegetables decreased by $90 million, equivalent to a decrease of 19.7%; etc.
Thus, as of July 15, 2025, the total export turnover of Vietnam reached $239.19 billion, an increase of 14.7%, equivalent to an increase of $30.62 billion compared to the same period last year.
Some groups of goods with increased turnover include: computers, electronic products, and components increased by $14.86 billion, or 40.5%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts increased by $3.73 billion, or 14.6%; coffee increased by $2.27 billion, or 66.5% compared to the same period in 2024.
Statistics from the Customs Department also show that the export turnover of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) in the first half of July 2025 reached $14.83 billion, a decrease of 13.5%, equivalent to a decrease of $2.32 billion compared to the second half of June 2025. As of July 15, 2025, the total export turnover of this group of enterprises reached $175.8 billion, an increase of 17.5%, or $26.17 billion, compared to the same period last year, accounting for 73.5% of the country’s total export turnover.
In the opposite direction, the total import turnover of Vietnam in the first half of July 2025 reached $19.17 billion, roughly the same as the import turnover of the previous period.
Import turnover in the first half of July 2025 increased compared to the second half of June 2025 mainly in the following groups of goods: computers, electronic products, and components increased by $581 million, or 9.7%; other base metals and products increased by $61 million, or 13.9%.
Thus, as of July 15, 2025, the country’s total import turnover reached $231.44 billion, an increase of 17.7% ($34.86 billion) compared to the same period in 2024.
Some groups of goods with strong increases include: computers, electronic products, and components increased by $19.95 billion, or 36.6%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts increased by $6.12 billion, or 24.9% compared to the same period in 2024.
The import turnover of FIEs in this period reached $13.84 billion, an increase of 4.4% (equivalent to an increase of $582 million) compared to the second half of June 2025. As of July 15, 2025, the total import turnover of this group of enterprises reached $153.31 billion, an increase of 22.7% (equivalent to an increase of $28.34 billion) compared to the same period last year, accounting for 66.2% of the country’s total import turnover.
With these results, in the first half of July 2025, the trade balance of goods had a deficit of $134 million. From the beginning of the year to July 15, 2025, the trade balance of goods had a surplus of $7.74 billion.
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