According to official data from Custom Office, total export turnover has reached 5.31 billion US dollars in March, increase of  5 percent compare to February and 12.7 percent compare to the same period of 2008. Total export turnover reached 14.14 billion US dollars in the first quarter of 2009, increase of 7.4 percent compare to the same period of 2008.

Total export turnover for commodities reached over 4.5 billion US dollars in April of 2009, decline 14.4 percent compare to the same period of 2008, due to decline export turnover on three main commodities as crude oil, steel and coals. For foreign  invested capitals  enterprises, export remained to reach low rate, with 2.2 billion US dollars, show a decline of 21.2 percent compare to the same period of 2008. For domestic invested capitals enterprises,  export reached 2.3 billion US dollars, a decline of 6.7 percent. Totally, export turnover for commodities reached 18.6 billion US dollars in the first four months of 2009, equivalent to plan compare to the same period of 2008 and reached 26.3 percent compare to plan. Of which, for foreign  invested capitals  enterprises, export reached approx.8.4 billion US dollars. showed a decline of 20.7 percent compare to the same period of 2008.  For domestic  invested capitals  enterprises,  export reached 10.2 billion US dollars, an increase of  26.9 percent.

Some measures for improving export in next years

It aims to implement the targets for 2009’s export. Ministry of Industry and Trade ‘d like to propose some measures as follows:

- Coordinating with some organs as Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development,  National Food  Union as well as Vietnam Commercial affairs to maintain and expanding markets for consumed industrial products and rice quantity in stock.

- Pushing up world market demand forecast

- Trading promotion will be increased, assisting for export enterprises in Vietnam in providing informations on market and  partners timely and in details.