It remained to be the country’s top export, which accounted for 54.4 percent of the total export revenues.
Semiconductors like components/devices posted the biggest share of 39.9 percent among electronic products, although it registered a slight decrease of 0.1 percent from $2.303 billion in May 2017 to $2.301 billion in May.
The PSA said machinery and transport equipment was the second top export earner with export revenue of $455.48 million, an increase of 24.9 percent from the $364.68 million recorded in May 2017; other manufactured goods placed third with $366.31 million, which rose by 7.0 percent from the $342.43 million of the same period in 2017; metal components with 2.
89 million at fourth, growing by 80.9 percent from last year’s $112.14 million.
Fresh bananas ranked fifth among the country’s top exports, with $146.41 million in sales. It grew by 1.6 percent compared to the previous year’s receipts of $144.08 million.
The bulk of the country’s merchandise exports worth $2.8 billion last May 2018 went to countries in East Asia – like China, Japan, and South Korea – falling by 8.4 percent from $3.06 billion in May of the previous year.
Total exports to ASEAN member countries was valued at 7.
