
Viet Nam Imports 2023
Complete list of Viet Nam's 130 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.
Viet Nam imported $277.72 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #23 largest importer. Goods came from 130 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 86.7% of total import value. The leading import was processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits, valued at $20.49 billion — 7.4% of total imports.
The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.
All import sources
130 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.
| # | Source | 2023 import value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $134.75B | 48.52% |
| 2 | Singapore | $16.42B | 5.91% |
| 3 | Japan | $15.99B | 5.76% |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | $14.42B | 5.19% |
| 5 | Other Asia, nes | $11.61B | 4.18% |
| 6 | Malaysia | $11.39B | 4.10% |
| 7 | Thailand | $11.22B | 4.04% |
| 8 | USA | $9.56B | 3.44% |
| 9 | Australia | $7.82B | 2.82% |
| 10 | Indonesia | $7.54B | 2.71% |
| 11 | India | $5.65B | 2.03% |
| 12 | Germany | $3.79B | 1.36% |
| 13 | Brazil | $3.72B | 1.34% |
| 14 | Argentina | $2.07B | 0.75% |
| 15 | Philippines | $1.69B | 0.61% |
| 16 | Cambodia | $1.55B | 0.56% |
| 17 | Netherlands | $1.33B | 0.48% |
| 18 | Italy | $1.32B | 0.47% |
| 19 | France | $1.27B | 0.46% |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | $1.07B | 0.38% |
| 21 | United Kingdom | $920.20M | 0.33% |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | $912.21M | 0.33% |
| 23 | Belgium | $860.91M | 0.31% |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | $599.64M | 0.22% |
| 25 | New Zealand | $576.28M | 0.21% |
| 26 | Canada | $572.69M | 0.21% |
| 27 | Poland | $569.26M | 0.20% |
| 28 | Spain | $555.40M | 0.20% |
| 29 | Switzerland | $546.33M | 0.20% |
| 30 | Nigeria | $525.34M | 0.19% |
| 31 | Türkiye | $420.96M | 0.15% |
| 32 | South Africa | $366.60M | 0.13% |
| 33 | Pakistan | $354.75M | 0.13% |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | $345.76M | 0.12% |
| 35 | Mozambique | $323.98M | 0.12% |
| 36 | Chile | $321.47M | 0.12% |
| 37 | Norway | $304.87M | 0.11% |
| 38 | Sweden | $264.26M | 0.10% |
| 39 | Finland | $247.23M | 0.09% |
| 40 | Mexico | $213.86M | 0.08% |
| 41 | Denmark | $196.23M | 0.07% |
| 42 | Oman | $191.47M | 0.07% |
| 43 | Austria | $186.72M | 0.07% |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | $180.32M | 0.06% |
| 45 | Brunei Darussalam | $174.16M | 0.06% |
| 46 | Israel | $157.53M | 0.06% |
| 47 | Angola | $153.71M | 0.06% |
| 48 | Myanmar | $149.36M | 0.05% |
| 49 | United Rep. of Tanzania | $134.14M | 0.05% |
| 50 | Czechia | $131.05M | 0.05% |
| 51 | Paraguay | $127.91M | 0.05% |
| 52 | Ireland | $123.69M | 0.04% |
| 53 | Romania | $111.08M | 0.04% |
| 54 | Hungary | $100.97M | 0.04% |
| 55 | Kuwait | $90.39M | 0.03% |
| 56 | Ghana | $89.07M | 0.03% |
| 57 | Qatar | $86.27M | 0.03% |
| 58 | Slovenia | $76.61M | 0.03% |
| 59 | Portugal | $76.50M | 0.03% |
| 60 | Mauritius | $73.10M | 0.03% |
| 61 | Senegal | $69.67M | 0.03% |
| 62 | Ukraine | $68.57M | 0.02% |
| 63 | Luxembourg | $68.06M | 0.02% |
| 64 | Bulgaria | $58.58M | 0.02% |
| 65 | Greece | $55.06M | 0.02% |
| 66 | Ecuador | $53.03M | 0.02% |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | $52.98M | 0.02% |
| 68 | Egypt | $51.80M | 0.02% |
| 69 | Slovakia | $48.37M | 0.02% |
| 70 | Ethiopia | $47.89M | 0.02% |
| 71 | Peru | $43.91M | 0.02% |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | $38.60M | 0.01% |
| 73 | Cyprus | $35.22M | 0.01% |
| 74 | Madagascar | $34.32M | 0.01% |
| 75 | Croatia | $31.22M | 0.01% |
| 76 | Uruguay | $30.03M | 0.01% |
| 77 | Lithuania | $29.03M | 0.01% |
| 78 | Latvia | $26.21M | 0.01% |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | $24.47M | 0.01% |
| 80 | Colombia | $23.31M | 0.01% |
| 81 | Kenya | $22.03M | 0.01% |
| 82 | Gabon | $21.35M | 0.01% |
| 83 | Benin | $17.73M | 0.01% |
| 84 | Botswana | $17.37M | 0.01% |
| 85 | China, Macao SAR | $13.67M | 0.00% |
| 86 | Bahrain | $13.24M | 0.00% |
| 87 | Estonia | $13.02M | 0.00% |
| 88 | Uganda | $10.10M | 0.00% |
| 89 | Zambia | $9.29M | 0.00% |
| 90 | Costa Rica | $8.50M | 0.00% |
| 91 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $8.49M | 0.00% |
| 92 | Jordan | $8.15M | 0.00% |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | $6.39M | 0.00% |
| 94 | Morocco | $5.50M | 0.00% |
| 95 | Guatemala | $5.17M | 0.00% |
| 96 | Togo | $5.05M | 0.00% |
| 97 | Tunisia | $4.84M | 0.00% |
| 98 | Dominican Rep. | $4.48M | 0.00% |
| 99 | Namibia | $3.99M | 0.00% |
| 100 | Serbia | $3.83M | 0.00% |
| 101 | Malawi | $3.64M | 0.00% |
| 102 | Rep. of Moldova | $3.27M | 0.00% |
| 103 | Nicaragua | $2.98M | 0.00% |
| 104 | Maldives | $2.97M | 0.00% |
| 105 | Honduras | $2.94M | 0.00% |
| 106 | Panama | $2.76M | 0.00% |
| 107 | Mauritania | $2.62M | 0.00% |
| 108 | Malta | $2.48M | 0.00% |
| 109 | Bosnia Herzegovina | $2.23M | 0.00% |
| 110 | Iceland | $2.17M | 0.00% |
| 111 | Central African Rep. | $2.06M | 0.00% |
| 112 | Fiji | $1.84M | 0.00% |
| 113 | Georgia | $1.37M | 0.00% |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | $1.00M | 0.00% |
| 115 | Liberia | $961,571 | 0.00% |
| 116 | North Macedonia | $886,971 | 0.00% |
| 117 | Gambia | $838,678 | 0.00% |
| 118 | Armenia | $642,301 | 0.00% |
| 119 | Seychelles | $511,442 | 0.00% |
| 120 | El Salvador | $417,899 | 0.00% |
| 121 | Albania | $299,015 | 0.00% |
| 122 | Lebanon | $277,226 | 0.00% |
| 123 | Barbados | $192,296 | 0.00% |
| 124 | Guyana | $181,992 | 0.00% |
| 125 | Montenegro | $116,586 | 0.00% |
| 126 | Lesotho | $64,143 | 0.00% |
| 127 | Jamaica | $63,295 | 0.00% |
| 128 | Cabo Verde | $1,961 | 0.00% |
| 129 | Andorra | $220 | 0.00% |
| 130 | Eswatini | $20 | 0.00% |
Top import products (HS6)
100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.
| # | HS6 | Product | Value | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $20.49B | 7.38% |
| 2 | 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $9.80B | 3.53% |
| 3 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $8.91B | 3.21% |
| 4 | 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $6.47B | 2.33% |
| 5 | 271000 | Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils | $5.89B | 2.12% |
| 6 | 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $4.58B | 1.65% |
| 7 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $3.56B | 1.28% |
| 8 | 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $3.46B | 1.25% |
| 9 | 853400 | Circuits: printed | $2.85B | 1.02% |
| 10 | 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $2.60B | 0.94% |
| 11 | 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $2.55B | 0.92% |
| 12 | 520100 | Cotton: not carded or combed | $2.48B | 0.89% |
| 13 | 847330 | Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471 | $2.36B | 0.85% |
| 14 | 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $2.26B | 0.81% |
| 15 | 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $2.20B | 0.79% |
| 16 | 853690 | Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $1.86B | 0.67% |
| 17 | 600410 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, other than those of heading 60.01, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread | $1.61B | 0.58% |
| 18 | 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED) | $1.61B | 0.58% |
| 19 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $1.49B | 0.54% |
| 20 | 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $1.46B | 0.53% |
| 21 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39 | $1.43B | 0.52% |
| 22 | 600632 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of synthetic fibres, dyed | $1.37B | 0.49% |
| 23 | 850440 | Electrical static converters | $1.34B | 0.48% |
| 24 | 080131 | Nuts, edible: cashew nuts, fresh or dried, in shell | $1.30B | 0.47% |
| 25 | 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter | $1.30B | 0.47% |
| 26 | 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $1.28B | 0.46% |
| 27 | 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $1.27B | 0.46% |
| 28 | 720838 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm | $1.25B | 0.45% |
| 29 | 381800 | Chemical elements: doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms: chemical compounds doped for use in electronics | $1.23B | 0.44% |
| 30 | 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $1.15B | 0.42% |
| 31 | 720449 | Ferrous waste and scrap: n.e.c. in heading no. 7204 | $1.13B | 0.41% |
| 32 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $1.10B | 0.40% |
| 33 | 844399 | Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91 | $1.09B | 0.39% |
| 34 | 280461 | Silicon: containing by weight not less than 99.99% of silicon | $1.08B | 0.39% |
| 35 | 120190 | Soya beans: other than seed, whether or not broken | $1.04B | 0.37% |
| 36 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10 | $992.76M | 0.36% |
| 37 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $987.57M | 0.36% |
| 38 | 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $970.54M | 0.35% |
| 39 | 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $952.43M | 0.34% |
| 40 | 848180 | Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances: for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the like, including thermostatically controlled valves | $906.04M | 0.33% |
| 41 | 600622 | Fabrics: knitted or crocheted fabrics, other than those of headings 60.01 to 60.04, of cotton, dyed | $873.45M | 0.31% |
| 42 | 540752 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of textured polyester filaments, dyed | $871.99M | 0.31% |
| 43 | 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors | $867.57M | 0.31% |
| 44 | 900219 | Lenses: objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | $858.53M | 0.31% |
| 45 | 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $838.82M | 0.30% |
| 46 | 540761 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of non-textured polyester filaments | $818.70M | 0.29% |
| 47 | 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $797.23M | 0.29% |
| 48 | 854442 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors | $771.57M | 0.28% |
| 49 | 291736 | Acids: aromatic polycarboxylic acids: terephthalic acid and its salts | $767.42M | 0.28% |
| 50 | 020230 | Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen | $754.96M | 0.27% |
| 51 | 590320 | Textile fabrics: impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with polyurethane | $746.80M | 0.27% |
| 52 | 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, of a kind designed to be fixed to a window, wall, ceiling or floor, self-contained or "split-system" | $739.73M | 0.27% |
| 53 | 870323 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1500 but not over 3000cc | $739.22M | 0.27% |
| 54 | 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $733.66M | 0.26% |
| 55 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $730.87M | 0.26% |
| 56 | 721913 | Steel, stainless: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, in coils, of a thickness of 3mm or more but less than 4.75mm | $724.34M | 0.26% |
| 57 | 760612 | Aluminium: plates, sheets and strip, thickness exceeding 0.2mm, alloys, rectangular (including square) | $721.59M | 0.26% |
| 58 | 853224 | Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer | $713.63M | 0.26% |
| 59 | 760110 | Aluminium: unwrought, (not alloyed) | $710.42M | 0.26% |
| 60 | 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $706.19M | 0.25% |
| 61 | 847130 | Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $667.58M | 0.24% |
| 62 | 854233 | Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiers | $654.76M | 0.24% |
| 63 | 240220 | Cigarettes: containing tobacco | $637.85M | 0.23% |
| 64 | 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $626.56M | 0.23% |
| 65 | 720851 | Iron or non-alloy steel: (not in coils), flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm | $616.55M | 0.22% |
| 66 | 732690 | Iron or steel: articles n.e.c. in heading 7326 | $610.26M | 0.22% |
| 67 | 390210 | Propylene, other olefin polymers: polypropylene in primary forms | $609.33M | 0.22% |
| 68 | 853890 | Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537 | $607.81M | 0.22% |
| 69 | 900190 | Optical elements: lenses n.e.c. in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked) | $606.35M | 0.22% |
| 70 | 851829 | Loudspeakers: not mounted in their enclosures | $595.82M | 0.21% |
| 71 | 940540 | Lamps and light fittings: electric, n.e.c. in heading no. 9405 | $589.85M | 0.21% |
| 72 | 850300 | Electric motors and generators: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading no. 8501 or 8502 | $572.54M | 0.21% |
| 73 | 700719 | Glass: safety glass, toughened (tempered), (not of a size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or vessels) | $569.81M | 0.21% |
| 74 | 391990 | Plastics: plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip, other flat shapes thereof, self-adhesive, other than in rolls of a width not exceeding 20cm | $562.13M | 0.20% |
| 75 | 640690 | Footwear: parts, n.e.c. in heading 6406 | $559.46M | 0.20% |
| 76 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $558.28M | 0.20% |
| 77 | 640299 | Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6402, (other than just covering the ankle), with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics | $548.74M | 0.20% |
| 78 | 853710 | Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts | $539.72M | 0.19% |
| 79 | 870899 | Vehicle parts and accessories: n.e.c. in heading no. 8708 | $539.50M | 0.19% |
| 80 | 470710 | Paper or paperboard: waste and scrap, of unbleached kraft paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard | $535.90M | 0.19% |
| 81 | 851890 | Microphones, headphones, earphones, amplifier equipment: parts of the equipment of heading no. 8518 | $532.88M | 0.19% |
| 82 | 720837 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm | $527.73M | 0.19% |
| 83 | 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers: poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | $521.54M | 0.19% |
| 84 | 600192 | Fabrics: pile fabrics (excluding long pile and loop pile), of man-made fibres, knitted or crocheted | $515.52M | 0.19% |
| 85 | 020629 | Offal, edible: of bovine animals, (other than tongues and livers), frozen | $501.38M | 0.18% |
| 86 | 854370 | Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543 | $495.97M | 0.18% |
| 87 | 691110 | Tableware and kitchenware: of porcelain or china | $492.31M | 0.18% |
| 88 | 100610 | Cereals: rice in the husk (paddy or rough) | $483.19M | 0.17% |
| 89 | 640620 | Footwear: parts, outer soles and heels, of rubber or plastics | $470.29M | 0.17% |
| 90 | 390140 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $469.14M | 0.17% |
| 91 | 691010 | Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures: of porcelain or china | $461.06M | 0.17% |
| 92 | 870829 | Vehicles: parts and accessories, of bodies, other than safety seat belts | $452.70M | 0.16% |
| 93 | 850450 | Electrical inductors: n.e.c. in heading no. 8504 | $449.37M | 0.16% |
| 94 | 590390 | Textile fabrics: impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, (excluding polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane and those of heading no. 5902) | $441.71M | 0.16% |
| 95 | 854890 | Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus: n.e.c. in chapter 85 | $440.42M | 0.16% |
| 96 | 540742 | Fabrics, woven: containing 85% or more by weight of filaments of nylon or other polyamides, dyed | $436.84M | 0.16% |
| 97 | 271320 | Petroleum bitumen: obtained from bituminous minerals | $427.53M | 0.15% |
| 98 | 852580 | Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders | $420.79M | 0.15% |
| 99 | 848071 | Moulds: for rubber or plastics, injection or compression types | $411.29M | 0.15% |
| 100 | 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $407.83M | 0.15% |