Meanwhile, Vietnam’s exports of goods to Thailand in the first five months of this year reached $ 2.22 billion, up by 24.2 per cent over the same period last year. So the country got over $2.18 billion of deficit in trade exchange with Thailand in the period. 

Oil and grease were leading the list of items imported by the country from Thailand in the first five months of this year with the import value of $14.01 million, up by 395.9 per cent; gas - $39.2 million, up by 276.8 per cent; fragrant and hygiene products - $46.39 million, up by 103.7 per cent.

Besides, the country’s imports of pharmaceutical materials; petroleum; ordinary metals and crude oil increased sharply by 98.7 per cent; 72.8 per cent; 67.4 per cent and 65.3 per cent, respectively year – on – year. 

However, the imports of corn from Thailand fell sharply by 81.2 per cent year – on – year to only $8.32 million; and the imports of CBU autos; fertilizer and pesticides also fell sharply by 48 per cent; 28.9 per cent and 26.9 per cent, respectively.

Item	May of 2018	May of 2018 vs. April of 2018 (%)	First 5 months of 2018	First 5 months of 2018 vs. same period of 2017 (%)
Total	949,299,696	15.98	4,400,109,623	13.3
Household appliances and components	95,515,648	-2.95	509,453,674	12.1
Plastics	83,468,166	40.2	373,622,011	57.95
Machines, equipment and spare parts	82,927,835	33.2	357,122,613	2.35
Computers, electronics and components	66,548,788	24.83	293,913,528	46.49
Petroleum of all kinds	31,968,340	-40.15	281,488,493	72.8
Fruits and vegetables	71,664,643	25.83	274,691,990	-4.24
Auto components and spare parts	44,428,541	9.35	236,086,871	3.89
Chemicals	43,898,723	84.5	167,254,255	13.04
CBU autos and spare parts	32,407,960	-25.35	149,579,054	-47.97
Other ordinary metals	27,836,307	-6.54	141,249,919	67.43
Fabrics of all kinds	26,841,541	23.97	116,531,560	29.84
Textile, garment, leather and footwear materials	26,165,750	26.51	109,560,235	17.36
Chemical products	25,469,279	17.09	107,043,232	5.71
Plastic products	23,171,237	36.12	99,242,270	5.37
Paper of all kinds	17,549,167	19.8	78,646,958	15.31
Iron and steel products	16,622,974	16.29	75,557,798	21.11
Fibers of all kinds	11,680,771	31.09	53,078,533	23.83
Rubber	9,294,834	34.89	46,842,496	-8.89
Fragrant and hygiene products	10,890,717	15.41	46,387,159	103.74
Animal feed and materials	6,300,571	-41.72	43,515,705	28.91
Wood and furniture	9,319,383	25.29	40,255,740	-0.8
Liquefied gas	10,480,619	3.49	39,204,117	276.84
Electric wires and cables	7,726,639	25.16	38,369,003	24.78
Rubber products	8,075,699	23.59	34,445,917	14.27
Paper products	7,754,385	35.94	34,381,586	10.16
Iron and steel of all kinds	9,101,865	124.72	29,848,042	-20.89
Pharmaceuticals	5,679,356	-12.65	26,638,907	-22.8
Milk and dairy products	5,066,958	45.38	25,518,986	11.85
Ores and minerals	4,163,648	-30.59	23,459,997	12.48
Other ordinary metals	5,877,135	51.49	23,430,854	-4.39
Other oil products	5,043,321	11.29	22,101,634	65.3
Glass and products	4,783,565	51.45	21,085,565	-6.9
Confectionery and grain products	4,848,537	36.98	18,810,015	24.01
Other food products	4,341,992	52.8	17,717,930	5.35
Pesticide and materials	5,774,530	84.07	15,521,797	-26.9
Oil and grease	977,931	-63.58	14,014,122	395.89
Seafood	2,248,011	34.72	9,096,655	16.62
Corn	1,189,715	-21.45	8,319,227	-81.22
Cameras, camcorders and components	1,058,718	-3.76	5,732,287	52.72
Precious stones, metals and products	971,413	39.68	3,852,825	7.61
Fertilizer of all kinds	272,738	-70.12	2,773,654	-28.91
Pharmaceutical materials	136,541	15.58	847,051	98.69
Tobacco materials		-100	48,721	-8.63