The southern province of Binh Duong is likely to achieve its export
target for 2014 of nearly 17 billion USD, up 16.5 percent from that of
2013.
According to the provincial Department of
Industry and Trade, in the first eight months of this year, Binh Duong
earned nearly 9.4 billion USD in export revenue, a year-on-year rise of
13.3 percent. The foreign-invested sector contributed 7.9 billion USD to
the figure.
In August alone, the locality
earned an estimated 1.37 billion USD from exports, up 5.4 percent
against the previous month.
Head of the Binh
Duong Association for Exporters Pham Van Xo said that the province’s
main exports, such as wood products, garment and textiles and footwear,
still maintained the growing trend.
From now
till the end of this year, Binh Duong will focus on helping businesses
overcome difficulties, speeding up trade promotion activities in order
to expand its export markets, and attracting more investment in
developing support industry to reduce the import of materials.-VNA