Vietnam’s fertiliser import volume reached the highest in more than two years in August, according to the General Department of Customs, while prices fell over the previous year.
There have been encouraging signals in the past two months as enterprises and state management agencies have been actively implementing solutions to regain rice export momentum.
China has approved another 47 farming area codes and 18 packaging facility codes for importing durian from Vietnam, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Vietnamese wood and wooden furniture enterprises have been facing many difficulties as export orders have dropped 50-60% since the beginning of this year, pushing firms to cut off at least half of their production capacities.
Task forces in the northern port city of Hai Phong seized about 7 tonnes of tusks hidden in a container arriving at Nam Dinh Vu Port from Africa on March 20, according to the General Department of Customs.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and India saw a yearly increase of 13.6% to US$15.05 billion in 2022, statistics from the General Department of Customs showed.
The coffee industry faces pressure from global uncertainties and rising inflation in major markets after achieving a record export value in the 2021-22 crop year.
Even though rubber export volume advanced by 6% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to calculations from the General Department of Customs, export value saw a decline of about 2% because of lower rubber prices.
The domestic paper industry has achieved good growth in the past five years and expects to maintain the momentum until 2025 driven by demand for tissue and packaging paper, according to the industry business group.
The two new generation free trade agreements, namely the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and the European Union–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, continued to be the momentum for the increase of Vietnam's seafood exports in the first two months of 2022.
Exports of computers, electronic products and components hit 50.82 billion USD last year, putting it in second position in the group of key export products.
The customs sector will synchronously implement solutions to achieve the target of paperless customs in 2022, according to a directive recently issued by the General Department of Customs.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the US set a new milestone, hitting 111.56 billion USD in 2021, up nearly 21 billion USD over the previous year, according to the General Department of Customs.
As China continues to stick to its zero-COVID policy and impose strict measures on people and goods entering the country, Vietnamese authorities are putting forward solutions to ease trade bottlenecks at border gates.
Iron and steel exports to the European Union (EU) reached 713,000 tonnes in the first five months of this year, up five times year-on-year, reported the General Department of Customs.