In the first seven months of 2007, Vietnam fetched US $364.89 million from exporting bags, wallets, suitcases, hats and umbrellas, representing a year-on-year rise of 25.1 percent. In July alone the figure reached $54.5 million.
Among all exporting markets in the period, US remained the biggest importer of such products at $115.63 million.
In July, shipments to the US achieved $17.11 million, dropping at 23 percent in comparison with previous month 2007.
Other major exporting markets of Vietnamese apparel accessories included Belgium at $44.42 million and Japan worth $39.30 million.
A latest report from Ministry of Industry and Trade, the exports turnover of these products helped Vietnam to generate $60 million in August this year, up by 57.9 percent over same period of 2006, while it is $425 million in January-August period, posting a growth of 28.8 percent.
So far, Vietnamese bag, wallet, suitcase, hat and umbrella products have been shipped to 42 countries crossing the world.
Complete statistics here.
Fibre2fashion, News Desk - Vietnam
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