Vietnam imported 454,077 metric tons of textile fibres in the first nine months of the current year, worth about US $1.16 billion.
Import volume and value increased by 10.7 percent and 44.9 percent, respectively, compared with the same period in 2010.
Taiwan was the largest source of Vietnam's textile fibre imports, accounting for around US $400 million, representing an increase of 38.14 percent from the same time in 2010.
Vietnam's total exports of textiles and clothing approximately reached US $11.7 billion in the first 10 months this year and full-year exports are expected to be about US $13.5 billion.