According to preliminary data from the Customs Department (Ministry of Finance), the total import-export value of Vietnam's goods in the first half of March 2025 (from March 1-15, 2025) reached 35.66 billion USD, up 10.7% (equivalent to an increase of 3.44 billion USD) compared to the results in the second half of February 2025.
The results achieved in the first half of March 2025 have brought the total import-export value of the country by March 15, 2025 to 162.78 billion USD, up 12%, equivalent to an increase of 17.46 billion USD in absolute terms compared to the same period in 2024.
In particular, the total import-export value of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises reached 110.09 billion USD, up 10.8% (equivalent to an increase of 10.73 billion USD).
The total value of Vietnam's export goods in the first quarter of March 2025 reached 17.98 billion USD, up 6.3% (equivalent to an increase of 1.07 billion USD in absolute terms) compared to the second quarter of February 2025.
Export prices in March 1st quarter of 2025 increased compared to the second quarter of February 2025 in the following groups of goods: computers, electronic products and components increased by 27.7% (equivalent to an increase of 878 million USD); phones of all kinds and components decreased by 137 million USD, equivalent to an increase of 6.3%; wood and wood products increased by 77 million USD, up 12.4%...
Thus, as of March 15, 2025, Vietnam's total export value reached 82.29 billion USD, up 6.3%, equivalent to an increase of 1.07 billion USD over the same period in 2024.
Statistics from the General Department of Customs also show that the export value of goods of foreign-invested enterprises (FDI) in the first period of March 2025 reached 12.79 billion USD, an increase of 6.7%, equivalent to an increase of 800 million USD compared to the second period of February 2025.
As of March 15, 2025, the total export value of goods of this group of enterprises reached 58.93 billion USD, up 8.2%, equivalent to an increase of 4.45 billion USD over the same period last year, accounting for 71.6% of the total export value of the country.
In the opposite direction, the total value of Vietnam's imported goods in the first half of March 2025 reached 17.68 billion USD, up 15.5% (equivalent to an increase of 2.38 billion USD in absolute terms) compared to the results in the second half of February 2025.
In particular, some groups of goods increased sharply such as: computers, electronic products and components increased by 5.85 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 29.3%; machinery, equipment and spare parts increased by 1.68 billion USD, equivalent to an increase of 20% over the same period in 2024.
The import value of FDI enterprises in this period reached US $ 11.15 billion, up 16.9% (equivalent to an increase of US $ 1.62 billion) compared to the 2nd 2-2025 period. By the end of March 15, 2025, the total import value of these businesses reached US $ 51.16 billion, up 14% (equivalent to an increase of US $ 6.28 billion) compared to the same period in 2024, accounting for 64% of the country's total import value.
As of March 15, 2025, the total import value of the country reached 80.49 billion USD, up 15.2% (equivalent to an increase of 10.61 billion USD) over the same period in 2024.
