Thus, total imports-exports in the first 6 months of this year hit US$162.95, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%. Of the figure, exports rose by 5.9% to US$82.24 billion while imports dipped 0.5% to US$80.71 billion, resulting in trade surplus of US$1.53 billion.

Exports of key products grew compared to the same period last year, typically, telephones and components (up 16.7% to US$17.05 billion), garment (up 5.1% to US$10.72 billion), computers, electronics and components (up 7.1% to US$7.88 billion), footwear (up 8.8% to US$6.35 billion), machines, equipment and tools (up 15.9% to US$4.39 billion), wood and wood products (up 1.6% to US$3.22 billion) and seafood (up 4.4% to US$3.08 billion).