Vietnam’s export revenue up 13.5% in March: customs data

Export revenue in March was estimated at 29.57 billion USD, up 13.5% over the previous month, according to data released by the General Department of Customs.
Export and import activities at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: NDO/Thu Hoa)
Export and import activities at Cat Lai Port in Ho Chi Minh City. (Photo: NDO/Thu Hoa)

The import figure for the month was 28.92 billion USD, a month-on-month rise of 24.4%.

The aggregate export revenue in the first quarter of 2023 fell 11.9% from a year earlier to 79.17 billion USD, while imports plunged 14.7% to 75.1 billion USD.

Such figures indicate Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of 4.07 billion USD in the first three months of the year.

Government revenue from export-import activities during the period reached 91.267 trillion VND (3.9 billion USD), equivalent to 21.5% of the target and down 17% from last year.

NDO