Vietnam imports and exports

The E.U. accounts for 24 percent of Vietnam’s smartphones exports, and the U.S. for 17 percent of computer and electronics exports, and together for half of Samsung’s exports. … [Read more...] about Samsung Vietnam fears 11 percent drop in export

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency for Foreign Trade has urged firms that export goods to China to give the highest priority to preventing the COVID-19 pandemic from spreading further and ensuring the safety of their workers and the public. Exporters should not make light of preventive measures against the coronavirus because of the pressure to ease the backlog of goods at border crossings with China and boost imports, the agency said in a notice recently sent to local departments of industry and trade, business associations and exporters. This will contribute to Vietnam’s concerted efforts to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, it added. Border gates with China have reopened but import and export activities have not returned to normal due to delays in customs clearance and a severe lack of workers to help with cargo handling in both countries. Additionally, China has tightened control of entry and exit of people and vehicles from Vietnam, … [Read more...] about Exporters urged to prioritise containing COVID-19

The statement, published on haiquanonline.com.vn, reacted to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s feedback on March 30 about some media reports that enterprises were struggling to export cloth masks due to problems in distinguishing between medical masks and cloth masks, especially antibacterial cloth masks. … [Read more...] about VN customs authority reaffirms standard for mask export

Kien Giang (VNA) - Export revenues in the southern province of Kien Giang hit 153 million USD in the first quarter of this year, a year-on-year surge of 32 percent despite the complexities created by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the province’s Department of Industry and Trade. In March alone, it earned in excess of 60.5 million USD, up 16.6 percent against February. The export of certain products grew handily in the January-March period, notably rice (94.6 percent), seafood (17.4 percent), and footwear (5.1 percent). However, earnings for frozen products, including shrimp, fish, and squid, all declined. Department Director Ngo Kim Tuoc said products from Kien Giang were shipped to 30 countries and territories in the first quarter, with the Philippines, Japan, and Republic of Korea leading the way and buying the three staples of rice, seafood, and footwear. The quarterly increase was attributed to contracts signed with partners prior to COVID-19 outbreak. Countries … [Read more...] about Kien Giang’s Q1 exports up 32 percent

In October, earnings from agro-forestry-fisheries export was estimated at 3.6 billion USD, up nearly 17 percent month-on-month. Of which, 1.4 billion USD was from farm produce, about 1.05 billion USD from forestry products, 834 million USD from aquatic products and 55 million USD from animal husbandry. … [Read more...] about Forestry product export 2019 hits all-time high