Trade revenue between Vietnam and Malaysia reached 5.48 billion USD in the first half of 2019, down 6.2 percent year on year, according to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – Trade revenue between Vietnamand Malaysia reached 5.48 billion USD in the first half of 2019, down 6.2percent year on year, according to Vietnam’s Trade Office in Malaysia.
Notably, Vietnam’s export earnings in the market dropped 2.6percent to 1.95 billion USD, while its imports experienced an 8.1 percent drop to3.5 billion USD, reported the office.
The sharpest plunge was seen in imports of petrol at 41.6percent, followed by machineries and spare parts at 20 percent, animal andvegetable oil at 14 percent, material plastics at 11.2 percent.
Household electrical appliances and accessories were theonly group that saw increase in import revenue in the market in the first halfof this year at 8.7 percent.
Meanwhile, exports of many major products were also down inthe period, including computers, electronic products and accessories (25.3percent), telephones (30.2 percent), crystal and crystal products (24.4percent).
However, rise was seen in other groups such as machineriesand accessories, transport vehicles, and fisheries.
In June alone, trade between Vietnam and Malaysia was 806.6million USD, down 14.6 percent over the same period last year, with imports declining19.3 percent to 485.7 million USD and exports falling 6.9 percent to 320.98million USD.
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