Overview of Export activity in 1Q

The turn-over of export activity in 1Q reached $24.5 billion, rose to 23.6% in the comparison to last year. The export activity has more good news than import. Super import was only $251 million, the rate was 1.02%. It is the expected start-up.

The general result acknowledged the contribution of FDI, raised by 48.8%. In the first position was textile ($3.2 billion). Then, eight kinds of product handling turn by turn: aqua; coffee; crude oil; footwear; computer, electron and components; mobile phone and devices; machine, tools and appliances.

In the first month of the year, aqua product export was only $363 million, declined to 16.4% over the last year due to the reduction of the main markets such as EU, USA, Japan, ASEAN. However, thanks to the turn-over in February and March, the revenue of these goods still preserved the manners.

The quantity and also the value of rice export in the 1Q was 60% of the last same period. However, this situation will be sonly improved. In the first 19 days of March, they have signed the contract with the total value was 555,000 tons. The total value increased to 2.6 million tons. In this speed, at the end of March, it is likely that the quantity will be 3 million tons. The major markets are Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and China. Recently, we have had a contract with Guinea. The straight way has been opened for us.

The processing industry elevated to 39%. Not only textile, mobile phone has speeded up from the earlier year with 179% in augment. Footwear, steel products, rubber products, computer, electron and components, machine and tools all surprising developed.

Mentioning about milk and milk products, Vinamilk has developed and enlarged its scale in some new markets such as Thailand, Philippines, etc. Particularly, Vietnam milk brands have started to become well-known and favorite.

Export activity in 1Q, 2012

Product	Quantity (ton)	Value (USD)
Total turn-over		24,805,796,337
FDI		13,689,738,589
Aqua		1,302,713,637
Vegetable and Fruit		145,484,672
Cashew nut	36,757	257,401,458
Coffee	500,462	1,066,230,036
Tea	29,903	41,535,982
Pepper	30,790	210,015,880
Rice	1,307,105	644,144,554
Cassava products	1,259,947	372,956,452
Cassava	857,226	208,398,370
Confectionary and cereals		89,615,997
Coal	3,187,355	285,669,448
Crude oil	1,728,663	1,675,115,391
Gasoline and petrol	582,500	584,840,366
Minerals	179,129	38,914,918
Chemical		70,627,176
Fertilizer	294,793	130,790,435
Plastic	58,174	106,792,734
Plastic products		368,657,258
Rubber	213,255	623,886,083
Rubber products		96,877,506
Handbag, wallet, hat & umbrella		324,943,669
Rattan and bamboo products		50,973,801
Wood and wooden products		1,027,536,342
Wooden products		782,856,043
Paper and paper products		100,966,311
Fiber	145,168	425,147,534
Textile		3,312,317,539
Fabric		252,901,857
Footwear		1,491,338,458
Leather		162,150,132
Pottery and ceramics		101,856,963
Glass products		100,819,725
Gems		125,228,214
Iron and steel	422,475	365,122,205
Iron and steel products		322,591,469
Metals		103,608,137
Computer and electron		1,626,891,527
Mobile phones and components		2,692,795,717
Machine and devices		1,258,168,450
Wire and cable		192,539,400
Transportation and spare parts		940,695,894
Boat		228,442,789
Automobile accessories		599,007,152
Others		1,829,511,131