TPO - Nearly 22,000 cars were imported to Vietnam in December 2022, bringing the number of cars imported for the whole year to more than 170,000, the highest ever.

According to data just announced by the General Department of Customs, in December 2022, the whole country imported nearly 22,000 CBU cars of all kinds, with a turnover of more than 430 million USD. This is the month with the second highest number of imported cars in 2022 (only after November 2022 with nearly 23,000 vehicles).

For the whole year of 2022, Vietnam imported more than 170,000 automobiles of all kinds with a total turnover of more than 3.8 billion USD (up 8.5% in volume and 5.1% in turnover compared to 2021). became the year with the highest number of imported cars ever, far exceeding the result of the previous record year of 2021 with nearly 160,000 vehicles.

The number of cars imported by Vietnam in 2022 is the highest ever

Regarding the market, Indonesia and Thailand continue to be the two largest automobile import markets in Vietnam. Notably, last year, Indonesia surpassed Thailand in the number of exported cars, but the "land of golden pagodas" still ranked No. 1 in terms of turnover.

Specifically, last year, Vietnam imported 72,671 vehicles from Indonesia, with a turnover of more than 1 billion USD; while imported from Thailand is 72,032 vehicles, turnover is 1.43 billion USD. Next is the Chinese market with 17,340 vehicles, turnover of 714.5 million USD.

These three markets alone accounted for 93.4% of Vietnam's imported cars, even exceeding the total number of imported cars in 2021.