According to preliminary statistics from the Customs Department, the country's import-export turnover of goods in September reached 82.49 billion USD. Of which, exports reached 42.67 billion USD, down 1.7% compared to August but still maintained a high level of over 40 billion USD/month and increased by 24.77% over the same period in 2024.
There are 10 groups of goods with turnover of 1 billion USD or more. Leading the group was computers, electronic products and components, reaching 10.59 billion USD, up 4.3% over the previous month. Next were machinery, equipment, tools, and spare parts at 5.6 billion USD (up 8.1%), phones and components at 5.4 billion USD (down 5.6%).
Some other key export groups with reduced turnover include textiles reaching 3.26 billion USD (down 15.6%), footwear reaching 1.7 billion USD (down 14.4%), means of transport and spare parts reaching 1.38 billion USD (down 6.7%), wood and wood products reaching 1.36 billion USD (down 6.9%). In the upward direction, vegetables and fruits reached 1.31 billion USD (up sharply 38%). Toys, sports equipment and parts reached 1.06 billion USD (down 1.5%), seafood reached 1.01 billion USD (down 5.6%).
On the contrary, import of goods in September reached 39.82 billion USD, up slightly by 0.4% compared to the previous month and up 24.83% over the same period last year. There are 5 groups of goods with turnover of 1 billion USD or more, including: computers, electronic products and components; machinery, equipment, tools, spare parts; fabric of all kinds; phones and components; flexible materials.
Thus, September is the third consecutive month that the country's import-export turnover has exceeded 80 billion USD/month. Previously, July reached 82.29 billion USD and August reached 83.06 billion USD - the highest level since the beginning of the year.
In the first 9 months of 2025, total import-export turnover reached 680.66 billion USD, up 17.66% over the same period in 2024. Of which, exports reached 348.74 billion USD (up 16%), imports reached 331.92 billion USD (up 18.8%). The 9-month trade balance has a surplus of 16.82 billion USD.
Notably, although it is only the end of the third quarter, the scale of Vietnam's commodity trade has approximately reached the results of the whole year 2023, when the total turnover last year reached 681 billion USD.
On average, import-export turnover reached 75.63 billion USD/month. If this rate is maintained in the fourth quarter, the total turnover for the whole year of 2025 can exceed 900 billion USD, setting a new record in Vietnam's foreign trade activities.
