The General Administration of Customs (GAC) of China has just approved the pilot import of Vietnamese passion fruits from July 1, according to the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam).

As many countries in the world have limited food exports to guarantee domestic food security, rice – a staple in most of Asia – is forecast to witness surging prices in the time ahead, which is said to be a chance for Vietnam – one of the world’s largest rice exporters.

Loc Troi Group JSC exported nearly 500 tons of rice labelled with its own brand name “Com Vietnam Rice” to the EU markets in June.

The Vietnamese fish sauce industry needs to improve food hygiene and safety and diversify products to expand exports.

Rubber consumption in the world is changing. Regulations on the legality and sustainability the import raw materials to create products are increasingly strict. Sustainable natural rubber production in the future is the inevitable direction of Vietnam.

Since the beginning of the year, exports recorded positive growth, but the pandemic situation and the "Zero Covid" policy in China as well as rising input costs could affect export growth in the second half of the year.

Tariffs on steel imports from China and other countries are to be extended for another two years, the UK government has announced, admitting the move risks breaching World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

India’s Directorate General for Trade Remedies (DGTR) has announced that it has extended the deadline of its antidumping (AD) duty investigation on electrogalvanized steel imported from South Korea, Japan and Singapore until July 27, 2022.