Agricultural exports to China posted impressive growth between January and May, with shipments of some produce even matching or surpassing the corresponding figures for the entire 2020, data of the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed.
Indonesia and the European Union (EU) have successfully finished the amendments of their tariff rate quotas (TRQ) on cassava products after the UK left the union.
Cambodia earned 2.09 billion USD from exporting agricultural products in the first quarter 2021, said Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon.
The agriculture sector’s export target of 44 billion USD this year, set by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, is a high but feasible goal, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has said.
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), which came into effective from January 1, will open the door larger for Vietnam’s key agricultural exports to the UK, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said.
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) will open up more opportunities to boost the export of Vietnam’s key agricultural products with the commitments to market opening the same as the EU-Vietnam FTA, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s agricultural exports to Southeast Asia and India, which are included in its New Southern Policy, reached 1.39 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2020, up 8.4 percent year-on-year.
A seminar discussing ways to develop the value chain for agricultural products was held in northern Ninh Binh province on October 14 by the the Vietnam Co-operative Alliance in collaboration with Germany's Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF).
Vietnam earned an estimated 711 million USD from exporting agricultural products to the European Union (EU) in August and September, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the agriculture sector earns 40 billion USD from shipping farm produce to 120 countries, however, there are few products from the livestock industry such as honey, salted eggs and suckling pigs.
A training workshop called “Agricultural Production and Trade Companies - Actions to Access the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)” took place in Hanoi on July 30, gathering together officials from the sector, representatives of relevant organisations, and businesses.
Vietnamese businesses should seek a new approach to the US market as doing business with this market requires large-scale and clear production capacity, Nguyen Hong Duong, deputy head of the Europe-America Department at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), has said.
Cashew nut exports experienced a decline in May but still increased during the first five months of 2020, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
The General Department of Vietnam Customs has reported that the Vietnam – Japan trade reached 6.2 billion USD in the first two months of this year, an 8.6-percent increase from a year earlier.
China remains the largest buyer of Vietnam’s agricultural products, so Vietnamese businesses are making preparations to boost exports to this market when it recovers after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ministries, sectors and localities have made concerted efforts to recover sales and exports of Vietnamese agricultural products which have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farmers in Myanmar are showing concern about impacts of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) on their exports to the Chinese market.
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