4. On a year-on-year basis, exports was up USD 38.09 billion, to USD 240.63 billion. The main products, which contributed to the increase, were machine, equipments, tools and instruments (up by USD 8 billion); iron and steel (up by USD 4.78 billion); computers, electrical products, spare-parts and components thereof (up by USD 4.39 billion); telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof (up by USD 4.24 billion); …
5. Trade statistics of Vietnam Customs shows that 4 biggest commodity groups in the first 9 months of 2021 were: telephones, mobile phones and parts thereof; computers, electrical products, spare-parts and components thereof; machine, equipments, tools and instruments; textiles and garments.
6. The August of 2021 to September of 2021 reduction in total merchandise imports was due to the downwards of the commodities as follows: machine, equipments, tools and instruments (down by USD 332 million); coal (down by USD 176 million); plastics (down by USD 158 million);