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U.S. to continue elevated import duties on Chinese consumer tires

06/11/2020

The U.S. Commerce Department has determined that elevated import duties imposed in 2015 on certain consumer tires imported from China should remain in place, according to the department's expedited "sunset" review of the duties.

China rejects Australia’s appeal to remove barley import tariff

06/11/2020

China has rejected Australia’s petition to scrap a tariff on its barley exports, all but closing the door on a trade work nearly A$1.5 billion in 2018.

Trade defence measures applied on 12 bln USD worth of Vietnamese exports

06/11/2020

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) held a workshop on November 4 to discuss tools to protect businesses against trade defence lawsuits in export markets in the context of integration.

Russia increases import of fresh Vietnamese pomelos

06/11/2020

There remains plenty of room for local businesses to boost fruit exports to the Russian market following the recent boost in the import of fresh pomelos from the Vietnamese market, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

China tightens restrictions on Australian exports

06/11/2020

China has stepped up trade restrictions against Australia, suspending imports of some timber and barley, the agriculture minister said Tuesday, amid tension over the coronavirus, Hong Kong and the South China Sea.

With positive recovery, exports reached over US$229 billion in 10 months

06/11/2020

With a positive recovery from the beginning of the third quarter of 2020, Vietnam's import-export turnover after 10 months has increased by 2.62% over the same period in 2019, estimated at US$439.8 billion. Of which, export turnover reached US$229.27 billion, up 4.7% over the same period in 2019.

Tighten inspection and control of imported drop-in anchor and hex nut

06/11/2020

The General Department of Vietnam Customs directed the provincial Customs Departments, the Import-Export Duty Department,... to strengthen inspection and control of imported drop-in anchor and hex nut.

Fisheries subsidies negotiations chair introduces revised draft consolidated text

04/11/2020

At a 2 November meeting convened at the level of heads of delegations to the WTO, the chair of the Negotiating Group, Ambassador Santiago Wills (Colombia), presented a revised draft consolidated text for an agreement on fisheries subsidies. The chair said the updated document aims to clarify the text based on members’ discussions, and introduces wording to elaborate on placeholders, with a view to further focusing the negotiations.