Notably, the domestic economic sector reached 41.86 billion USD, an increase of 19.7%; The foreign investment sector reached 73.38 billion USD, an increase of 13.1%.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that in the first 4 months of 2024, there were 20 imported items worth over 1 billion USD, accounting for 78.9% of total import turnover (there were 2 imported items worth over 5 billion USD, accounting for 39.9% of total import turnover). .4%).
In particular, accounting for 89% of the total import turnover in the first 4 months of 2024 is the group of goods that need to be imported (including machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts and raw materials for domestic production). ), with an estimated turnover of 102.4 billion USD, an increase of 17.2% over the same period in 2023, showing a sign of positive recovery of production and export when the demand for imported machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts and raw materials for production increased quite high.
The import turnover of computers, electronic products and components alone is estimated at 31.3 billion USD, up 23.1% over the same period in 2023 and accounting for 27.2% of the total import turnover of the country; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts increased by 12.1%.
In addition, import turnover of most other products also recorded a high increase such as: phones of all types and components increased by 27.6%; Steel of all kinds increased by nearly 25%; Plastic raw materials increased by 12.4%; machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts increased by 12.8%; Raw materials for textiles, garments and footwear increased by 18.9%; Fabrics of all kinds increased by 5.4%...
Import turnover of commodity groups requiring import restrictions in the first 4 months of the year decreased by 3.6% over the same period last year, estimated at 6.15 billion USD. However, some products had high import turnover such as: household electrical appliances and components, up 29.7%; vegetables and fruits increased by 15.1%.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade assesses that due to the recovery of production and export, the demand for importing machinery, equipment and raw materials for domestic production has increased, so import turnover in the first 4 months of the year from almost All major markets increased.
In particular, China continues to be our country's largest import market in the first 4 months of 2024 with an estimated turnover of 41.57 billion USD, up 28.4% over the same period last year and accounting for 36% of the total. import turnover of the whole country; Next is imports from the Korean market estimated at 17.05 billion USD, up 6.1%; ASEAN is estimated to reach 15.6 billion USD, up 16.9%; Japan is estimated to reach 7.4 billion USD, up 6.9%; EU is estimated to reach 5 billion USD, up 11.4%; The United States is estimated to reach 4.5 billion USD, an increase of 4.6%.
