International free trade agreements such as the CPTPP and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement have opened up unprecedented opportunities for Vietnamese steelmakers with the industry forecast to see robust growth.
Vietnam is expected to rake in 2.3 billion USD from tra fish exports this year, according to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
The US’ imposition of duties of up to 456 percent on certain steel products shipped from Vietnam would not significantly harm the country’s steel industry, according to industry insiders.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on November 8 for US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and a US business delegation who are in Vietnam for an official visit.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) under the United States Department of Agriculture has officially recognised Vietnam’s Pangasius Food Safety Control System after more than three years of negotiations.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has lowered anti-dumping duties on frozen tra fish (pangasius) fillets from Vietnam in the 15th period of review (POR15), according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOIT).
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on August 22 released the final results of the 13th period of review (POR 13), officially imposing zero percent tariffs on 31 Vietnamese shrimp exporters.
Vietnam’s seafood export turnover in June reached 794 million USD, raising the total value for the first half of the year to nearly 4 billion USD, up 0.3 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Agro Processing and Market Development Authority (AgroTrade).
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced preliminary rulings on the circumvention inquiries into Vietnamese cold-rolled steel (CRS) and corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) exports made from materials imported from Chinese Taiwan and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced its final decision of the DOC’s 14th Period of Review on anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnam’s tra fish batches imported into the country during the period from August 1, 2016 to July 31, 2017.
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has announced its final conclusion of its sunset reviews concerning anti-dumping to utility scale wind towers imported from Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
As many as 31 shrimp exporters of Vietnam to the US have been exempted from anti-dumping tariffs, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on April 10.
Authorities should closely monitor the import and export of goods, including goods origin, to prevent customs declaration fraud, a seminar heard in HCM City recently.
The domestic fishing industry should promote production of tra fish and shrimp by the end of this year to take advantage of the export potential of both commodities on the world market, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Positive signals in key Vietnamese markets for tra fish exports like China, the EU and the US, have pushed material and fillet prices to the highest level to date.
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