Vietnam Q1 Medical Equipment Imports +9.4 per cent at US$32.6M

12:48:04 PM | 1/6/2009

Vietnam was estimated to have spent US$32.6 million on medical equipments in the first quarter, up 9.4 per cent on year, the General Customs Department said.

In March, Vietnam imported up to US$15.3 million of medical equipments, up 66 per cent on month and 73 per cent on year, the department noted.

Between January and March, visual-diagnosing facilities imported hit US$12.7 million, taking the lead among medical equipment imports, up 33 per cent on year and accounting for 39 per cent of the quarter’s total imports.

Vietnam is forecast to buy US$28 million-US$30 million medical facilities this quarter, up 5 per cent-7 per cent on year, the department said.

Bellow is a table of imported medical equipment in Jan-Mar:

	2008 (Mln Dollar)	2009
January	9	8
February	11.89	0.2
March	8.8	15.3
April	8.32
May	9.35
June	8.96
July	5.1
August	6.9
September	18.11
October	9.15
November	6.8
December	14.8

(Vinanet)

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