Cars imports in July up 10%

VGP – As many as 11,609 cars, worth US$259 million, were imported into Viet Nam in July, an increase of 10.1% or 1,069 ones compared to the previous month, according to the General Department of Customs.

August 15, 2019 4:47 PM GMT+7

Cars were mainly imported from Thailand (6,572 ones), Indonesia (3,210 ones), China (600 ones), Japan (201 ones) and the Republic of Korea (157 ones), making up 96%.

The nation imported 86,969 cars over the recent seven months of 2019, 4.6 times higher than the same period last year (18,888 ones).

The nation spent US$455 million on importing automobile spare parts and tools in July, an increase of 52.5% against the previous month (US$292 million).

The total import value of automobile spare parts and tools in seven months hit US$2.39 billion, a year-on-year increase of 15.3%.

By Thuy Dung