January 26, 2007

Vietnam's export revenues rise in January

Vietnam is estimated to reap export earnings of US$3.3 billion in January, a year-on-year increase of 7.7 percent, the country's General Statistics Office said on Friday.

Key items posting high export growth this month include coffee with US$210 million, up 137.1 percent; seafood

US$250 million, up 39.7 percent; footwear US$300 million, up 8.6 percent; and garment US$500 million, up 2.6 percent.

This month, the country shipped abroad nearly 1.5 million tonnes of crude oil worth about US$745 million, down 6.7 percent in volume, but up 20.2 percent in value over last January.

Vietnam is set to import goods valued at US$3.4 billion in January, posting a year-on-year increase of 30.8 percent.

The country posted export turnovers of US$39.6 billion in 2006, up 22.1 percent against 2005.