Vietnam enjoys trade surplus with Indonesia
(VOV) -Vietnam has enjoyed a trade surplus of US$110.184 million with Indonesia as bilateral trade turnover reached US$4.605 billion in 2012.
The Vietnam Embassy's Trade Mission in Indonesia estimates exports to Indonesia at US$2.358 billion and imports from the country at more than US$2.247 billion.
Of export items, rice fetched US$458.392 million, followed by cell phone and components (US$315.122 million), steel (US$288.948 million), and crude oil (US$128.746 million).
Import items of high value included papers (US$232.789 million), machinery and equipment, tools and other spare parts (US$135.679 million), computers, electronic products and components (US$134.368 million), chemicals (US$119.440 million) and metals (US$106.740 million).
Vietnam‘s trade surplus with Indonesia hit US$111.345 million in 2011 with exports accounting for nearly US$2.359 billion and imports US$ 2.248 billion of the total value.