Vietnam's trade with China expected to hit 200 bln USD
The import - export turnover between Vietnam and China is predicted to approximate and even exceed 200 billion USD in 2024, driven by strong trade improvement in the first half of the year.
Hanoi (VNA) – The import - export turnover between Vietnam and China is predicted to approximate and even exceed 200 billion USD in 2024, driven by strong trade improvement in the first half of the year.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) reported that bilateral trade witnessed strong recovery in the first two quarters, hitting nearly 95 billion USD.
The orders from big markets has increased sharply during the period, leading to higher demand for machinery and material imports to serve production for export. As a result, Vietnamese businesses spent 67 billion USD on imports from China and raked in 27.8 billion USD from exports to this market, respectively rising nearly 35% and 5.3% year-on-year.
China remains the biggest supplier of materials for Vietnam, accounting for nearly 37.6% of the country's total import value in the last six months, according to the MoIT.
Thanks to such strong improvement during H1, bilateral trade is forecast to approximate 200 billion USD this year. The figure can reach 190 billion USD if the H1 growth is sustained during the remaining months, and even top 200 billion USD if better recovery is recorded.
Last year, the Vietnam - China trade turnover reached 171.9 billion USD. Of the figure, Vietnam’s exports stood at 61.2 billion USD (up 5.6%), and imports 110.6 billion USD (down 6.6%), respectively making up 17.3% and 33.9% of the country’s total exports and imports.
Businesses have quickly capitalised on advantages generated by the free trade agreements (FTA) with China such as the ASEAN - China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to benefit from preferential tariffs.
Insiders said they believes that room remains ample for Vietnam and China to expand trade ties in the time to come.
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