The figure represented a 13.6 percent increase from a year earlier, the source said, explaining that Vietnam’s exports to the country totaled $7.96 billion, up 26.8 percent year-on-year.
Among the items imported by India from Vietnam, mobile phones and accessories recorded the highest sales at US$1.52 billion, accounting for nearly 20 percent of the total export value, up 18.4 percent from 2022
Computers, electronics and parts ranked second in sales with $1.30 million and machinery and equipment was the third exportable division with a total of $804 million.
Other staples that saw a notable increase in Vietnamese exports to India were coffee, up 165 percent, iron and steel (97) and shoes (96).
On the contrary, the VNA news agency added when disclosing the information, other items saw large falls in the value of their sales, including animal feed and raw materials, down 76.5 percent year-on-year, and coal, down 46 percent.
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