Vietnam spent almost USD6.1 billion importing about 10.5 million tons of iron and steel in the first nine months of 2020, dropped 15.5 percent in value and 3.2 percent in volume against the same period of 2019.

For the period, the main suppliers counted China, India, Japan and South Korea, according to the Vietnam Steel Association on Wednesday, October 7.

According to the association In September, Vietnam imported 1.1 million tons of iron and steel, which were worth USD660 million, taking a drop of 4.4 percent in volume and 11.7 percent in value year on year.

In 2019, Vietnam spent some USD9.5 billion importing almost 14.6 million tons of iron and steel, almost 7.6 percent in volume and dropped 4.2 percent in value against 2018, revealed the official statistics.