Exports to US buoy Vietnamese textiles sector
13/09/2007
Vietnam has earned a total of $5.1 billion from exports of garments and textiles in the first eight months of this year, up nearly 30% against the same period last year.
Textiles continues to be among the sectors with highest export turnover growth.
In August alone, exports from garments and textiles products were $830 million.
The US is the biggest importer of Vietnamese garment and textiles products. Exports to the US market have increased by 20% year-on-year, accounting for 60% of the country’s total garment and textile product export turnover.
Total export turnover from garment and textile products this year is expected to reach $7.5 billion, according to the ministry of trade and industry’s trade information centre.
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