Vietnam exported about $12.4 billion of wood and wood products in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 7 per cent over the same period in 2021.

India’s plastic processors have flocked together to oppose the initiation of a Safeguard (Quantitative Restrictions) investigation on the import of Suspension Grade Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) resin from Japan

After hitting an export volume approximating 46 million tonnes in 2021, the cement sector faces a tough road ahead due to headwinds in exports and slow rebound in pandemic-hit domestic consumption.

On October 12, 2022, domestic producers filed petitions with the U.S. DOC and the U.S. ITC, seeking antidumping (AD) duties on imports of paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam and CVD duties on such imports from India.

Vietnam has been doing its utmost to fight Illegal, IUU fishing in an attempt to lift EC’s “yellow card” warning against its seafood exports and avoid a “red card” which could lead to a trade ban.

Businesses are struggling to get new export orders although, since the beginning of the year, export turnover has reached US$288 billion, up 17.3 percent compared to this time last year. 

The TRA announces its interim conclusions in a reconsideration of a trade remedy measure on welded tubes and pipes from China, Belarus and Russia.

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exporters need to further enhance deep processing and diversify their export markets to avoid risks when major export markets face difficulties.