In the second half of September, trade volume was US$31.76 billion, representing an increase of 20.6 percent or US$ 5.42 billion in comparison with the first half of the month.
From January through September, trade turnover grew 15 percent (equivalent to US$ 72.7 billion) against the same period last year.
Total trade turnover of the FDI sector valued at US$ 387.77 billion, up 15.2 percent against the same period last year. The domestic sector gained a trade turnover of US$ 179.16 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 14.4 percent.
The trade surplus of US$ 2.44 billion in the second half of September brought the total figure to US$ 6.76 billion in the first nine months of the year.
In January-Sptember period, export turnover valued US$282.35 billion, posting a year-on-year increase of 17.2 percent, equivalent to US$41.46 billion in comparison with the same period last year./.