The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will boost Malaysia’s furniture exports as trade among member states, especially the US, increases, according to the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
Singapore is expected to be an important gateway for Vietnamese coffee and other farm produce to increase their presence in the Asian market in addition to traditions ones like Europe and the US.
The Xuan Thanh Cement Joint Stock Company, a member of Xuan Thanh Group, will export 20 million tonnes of cement to South Africa over the next 10 years, under a recent agreement signed in Hanoi.
The giant steel maker, Hoa Sen Group (HSG), on February 29 exported 20,000 tonnes of steel coils, worth a total of 10 million USD, from SSIT terminal in Ba Ria – Vung Tau to the US.
Vietnam is set to become the biggest beneficiaries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal out of the four Southeast Asian participants, the other three being Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore.
The Malaysian National Export Council (NEC) agreed six strategies to drive exports, focusing on the adoption of e-commerce by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Agro-forestry-fishery exports were estimated to yield 4.2 billion USD in the first two months of the year, rising 5.5 percent from the same period last year.
Commercial counsellors should work as a bridge to help Vietnamese businesses boost exports and promote their products abroad, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The National Food Institute of Thailand has predicted bright prospects for Thai food exports this year, especially to Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam or the CLMV market.
Expanding into international markets to boost rice exports was the focus of a workshop held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on February 22 in HCM City.
A slowdown in China’s economic growth is having a strong impact on Singapore as the country’s export turnover to China, in January, recorded the sharpest decrease in the past 7 years.
Tra fish exports to the UK hit 46 million USD last year, an increase of 13.9 percent against 2014, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to cut exports of natural rubber by 615,000 tonnes for six months from March to reduce supplies and increase prices that are trading near six-year lows.
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