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Because some types of seaport service charges in Vietnam are lower than regional ones, especially container loading and unloading fees, this amount falls into the pockets of foreign shipping lines, which account for 99% of the volume. container import and export of Vietnam.

Compared with the estimated trade surplus of 3.5 billion USD given by the General Statistics Office, the realized figure was only 2.96 billion USD because exports were lower than expected, while imports increased sharply.

Looking back three quarters of the year 2020, the economy is gradually flourishing, opening the hope of a recovery in the last months of the year.

Many businesses are confident in the prospect of export recovery in the last months of the year.

In the first 6 months of 2020, amid the destruction of Covid-19, exports from Vietnam were almost on par with India's. In fact, Vietnam's exports this year will still grow 3% on average, while India's exports have grown negative 24% during the same period.