The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that it will continue to impose anti-subsidy duty of up to 31.58% on steel coat hangers imported from Vietnam.

Application of new management methods in line with the trend of trade facilitation such as using e-documents to replace paper documents; changing form of submission of C/O; applying guarantee; late submission of C/O... are notable contents of Circular 33/2023/TT-BTC (Circular 33) on determining the origin of imported and exported goods, which will take effect from July 15.

Today, the Commission has launched a public consultation on the possible use of the Enforcement Regulation in its dispute settlement case on Indonesian nickel export restrictions

The reason is that the seafood industry has been continuing to face a series of problems, including the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing inflation, large inventories in many countries around the world, especially countries and regions that are the main export markets of Vietnam's seafood products such as the US, EU and Japan.

Bangladesh has again proposed that the Indian government refrain from retaining an anti-dumping duty imposed on the country's jute and jute goods once it ceases to have effect on December 31.

Although Vietnamese rice has been exported to 150 countries and territories, markets for the product are mainly Asian countries and thus need to be diversified, according to experts.

The European Union (EU) has decided to continue to increase its tariff rate quotas (TRQ) for steel imports from July 1 until the end of June 2024.

The merchandise export turnover in May 2023 is estimated to reach more than US$29.05 billion, an increase of 4.3% compared to the previous month. The trade balance maintains a surplus, reaching nearly US$10 billion. These are the few bright spots in the overall challenging picture of the economy in the first five months of 2023. What signals are there for export recovery in the year's second half?