Hanoi, Dec. 10 -- The Department of Customs reported on December 9 that State budget revenue from import-export activities in the first 11 months of this year reached 420.63 trillion VND (15.95 billion USD), equivalent to 102.3% of the annual estimate and 89.5% of the sector's target.

The figure represents a 9% year-on-year rise, or an increase of 34.6 trillion VND.

However, budget revenue from import-export activities in November stood at only 39.11 trillion VND, down 9.6% from October, a decrease of 4.14 trillion VND.

The department attributed the decline to a fall in the value of import-export goods, which totalled 77.09 billion USD in November, down 5.4% month on month, or 4.4 billion USD.

Statistics showed that total import-expor...