In which, the total export value reached 27.7 billion USD, up 11.4% and the total import value reached 22.7 billion USD, up 2.8% over the previous month.

According to the General Department of Customs, the total value of goods import and export of Vietnam in the first 8 months of the year reached 336.92 billion USD; total export value reached 175.36 billion USD, up 2.3% and total import value reached 161.9 billion USD, down 2.4% as compared to the same period in 2019.

Generally in the first 8 months of the year, the trade balance surplus was nearly 13.5 billion USD, nearly 2.5 times higher than the surplus of the same period in 2019 (5.47 billion USD).

In August, there were 6 other export commodity groups with a turnover of 1 billion USD or more, including: phones and accessories 5.35 billion USD, up to 24.8% compared to July 2020; computers, electronic products and components reached 4.2 billion USD (up 3.4%); textiles and garments reached nearly 2.97 billion USD (down 2.5%); machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts reached nearly 2.7 billion USD (up 17.6%); footwear nearly 1.4 billion USD (up 1%); wood and wood products reached 1.15 billion USD (up 1.9%).

Generally for the first 8 months of the year, the group of phones and components continued to rank first with nearly 31.6 billion USD, but the turnover decreased by 5.4% over the same period in 2019.

Regarding imports, the largest group of imported goods is computers, electronic products and components with a turnover of more than $ 6 billion, up 7.6% over the previous month. Generally, in the first 8 months of the year, imports of computers, electronic products and components reached 38.75 billion USD, up 15.6% and remains the largest import commodity group.