HÀ NỘI – Hà Nội’s consumer price index (CPI) in August marginally dropped 0.17 per cent from the previous month, the city’s statistics office reported yesterday. In August, Hà Nội earned $893 million from exports, a 0.3 per cent month-on–month increase, but an 1.8 per cent drop compared with the same period last year. Hà Nội imported more than $2.1-billion worth of commodities in August, up seven per cent month-on–month, but down 8.4 per cent year-on-year. In the January-August period, Hà Nội imported goods worth $15.7 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 5.2 per cent. Some imported goods saw sharp falls, such as petrol by 27.5 per cent; fertilisers by 19.1 per cent; and chemicals by 21.6 per cent.

Source: Viet Nam News August 24, 2016 07:07 UTC