Vietnam is estimated to reap export earnings of 3.3 billion U.S. dollars in January, a year-on-year increase of 7.7 percent, the country's General Statistics Office said on Friday.

Key items posting high export growth this month include coffee with 210 million dollars, up 137.1 percent; seafood 250 million dollars, up 39.7 percent; footwear 300 million dollars, up 8.6 percent; and garment 500 million dollars, up 2.6 percent.

This month, the country shipped abroad nearly 1.5 million tons of crude oil worth about 745 million dollars, down 6.7 percent in volume, but up 20.2 percent in value over last January.

Vietnam is set to import goods valued at 3.4 billion dollars in January, posting a year-on-year increase of 30.8 percent.

The country posted export turnovers of 39.6 billion dollars in 2006, up 22.1 percent against 2005.

Source: Xinhua