Vietnam-Malaysia trade exceeds US$9.1 bil
(VOV) - The Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia’s trade office reports two-way trade between the Southeast Asian nations reached US$9.115 billion in 2013, 15.25% higher than 2012’s total.
Vietnam exported US$4.982 billion worth of goods and purchasedUS$4.133 billion in imports from Malaysia. Vietnam’sUS$849 million trade surplus with Malaysia extends the trend begun a year earlier.
Vietnam’s key exports to Malaysia include computers, electronics products and spare parts, crude oil, telephones, rubber, rice, iron and steel, vehicles, and glass products.
Customs Vietnam says computers and electronics products topped Vietnamese exports withUS$1.18 billion in turnover, followed by crude oil (US$916.2 million), telephones and components (US$654.8 million), rubber (US$517.9 million), rice (US$231.4 million), and iron and steel (US$198.1 million).
Malaysia’s US$10.2 billion in total 2013 investment capital ranks eighth among the nations and territories investing in Vietnam.