Lao trade figures struggle to reach target

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Laos’ combined exports and imports for this year are struggling to achieve the target after figures for the first four months of the year reached only 22.7 per cent of the plan for 2019, the National Assembly (NA) reported.

“The NA approved a total of US$11,291 million as the trade target for 2019 but in the first four months the value of trade amounted to US$2,573 million,” Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said when addressing the opening session opening of the National Assembly yesterday.

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