Compared to the same period last year, the number of export groups with a turnover of "tens of billions of dollars" (from 10 billion dollars or more) remained unchanged, but the turnover of all four groups decreased.

According to the latest information from the General Department of Customs, from the beginning of the year to May 15, there are 4 groups of exports with a turnover of 10 billion USD or more, including: phones and components; computers, electronic products and components; machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts; textile.

In which, phones and components continued to lead with a turnover of 18.47 billion USD, down 19.45% over the same period last year.

The main export markets of this group of goods are: China with USD 4.03 billion, down 14.9% (updated according to the market of the General Department of Customs at the end of April); the United States was 3.13 billion USD, down 28.1%; South Korea was 1.08 billion USD, down 46.2%.

Particularly, the export of this group of goods to the EU reached 2.59 billion USD, up 10.9% over the same period last year.

Computers, electronic products and components ranked second with $17.9 billion, down 8.2% over the same period last year. The largest export market is the United States with USD 4.73 billion, up 5.3%; followed by China with 3.23 billion USD, down 14.9%; EU reached 1.77 billion USD, down 30%; Korea reached 1.62 billion USD, up 20%...

Machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts with $14.51 billion ranked third, down 5.6% over the same period in 2022. The US led the market share with $5.33 billion, down 13.1% ; EU with 1.91 billion USD, up 6.4%; China with $940 million, down 1.8%; Japan with 890 million USD, down 0.9%...

Textile and garment is the last group of "tens of billions of dollars" with $10.89 billion, down 17.44% over the same period last year. The United States is the largest market with USD 4.17 billion, down 30.2%; EU with 1.14 billion USD, down 10.6%; Korea with $ 990 million, down 1.5%...

With 61.77 billion USD, the four major commodity groups mentioned above accounted for 52% of the total export turnover of the country during the same period.

By the end of May 15, Vietnam's total export turnover reached 118.58 billion USD, down 12.8% or 17.47 billion USD compared to the same period in 2022.