Vietnam recorded a trade value of 470.63 billion USD from January 1 to July 15, marking a 16.2% year-on-year increase, according to the Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam records a trade value of 470.63 billion USD from January 1 to July 15.

Of the total, exports were valued at 239.19 billion USD, up 14.7% over the same period in 2024, while imports reached 231.44 billion USD, up 17.7% year-on-year.

Vietnam’s total import-export turnover in the first half of July was 38.21 billion USD, down 7% compared to the second half of June, the department said.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises reported 14.83 billion USD in export turnover in the first half of July, a drop of 13.5% from the latter half of June. On the import side, they posted 13.84 billion USD in the reviewed period, up 4.4%.

As of July 15, total export revenue by FDI firms had reached 175.8 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 17.5%, accounting for 73.5% of the country’s total export turnover. Meanwhile, their cumulative import value reached 153.31 billion USD, rising by 22.7%, making up 66.2% of the nation’s total imports.

During the first half of July, Vietnam posted a trade deficit of 134 million USD. However, the country still recorded a trade surplus of 7.74 billion USD from the beginning of this year to July 15.

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