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An Giang (VNA) - Some 126 tonnes of fragrant rice will be exported by the Loc Troi Group JSC in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang to the EU at zero tariffs at the end of September, under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). A launch ceremony for the export was held in the province’s Thoai Son district on September 22. In his remarks, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh stressed that the EVFTA is key for Vietnamese farm produce to gain access to a market of great potential with a population of more than 500 million people and GDP of 15 trillion USD. The agricultural sector needs to sufficiently restructure to join global production chains and work to ensure food safety and traceability in order to secure a foothold in the EU market, Doanh said. Meanwhile, Chairwoman of the Food Agri & Aqua Business Sector Committee under the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam Marion Matinez described the EVFTA as a win-win trade pact for both … [Read more...] about An Giang to ship 126 tonnes of fragrant rice to EU at zero tariff rate

European businesses are also very concerned about the lack of progress on further free trade agreements (FTAs) with the ASEAN region, and in particular the long talked about region-to-region FTA which 8 out of 10 see as potentially delivering more benefits than a series of bilateral FTAs. European businesses clearly want the European Commission to step up the pace of negotiations and engagement with Southeast Asia.” … [Read more...] about 56 per cent of EU businesses plan to expand in ASEAN

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s General Department of Forestry is confident of reaching the export target for timber and wooden products of 13 billion USD for the whole year 2020. The export value of timber and wooden products during the January-November period was estimated at 11.7 billion USD, up 1.6 billion USD from the same time in 2019. The forestry sector eyes 14.5 billion USD in export revenue in 2021, and 20 billion USD in 2025. According to the General Department of Forestry, Vietnam has many opportunities to expand export markets and increase export value for timber and wooden products. The world's furniture and wooden product market is large with a value of about 430 billion USD, including 150 billion USD from furniture products. Meanwhile, Vietnam’s furniture products at present only account for about 6 percent of the global market share. Besides traditional markets with high export value such as the US, Japan, China, … [Read more...] about Wood sector confident of achieving export target of 13 billion USD

According to the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, as of October 12, agencies granted about 23,800 sets of C/Os (certificates of origin) worth US$963 million, enabling exports of Vietnamese products to 27 EU countries. The goods are mainly footwear, seafood, plastics and plastic products, coffee, garments and textiles, bags, suitcases, vegetables, rattan, bamboo, and knitting products. The value of the C/Os granted for footwear exports to the EU reached nearly US$391 million in August and September. … [Read more...] about Leather, footwear exports take step forward

RCEP is a proposed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific region between the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and five ASEAN’s free trade partners - Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea. … [Read more...] about ASEAN prioritizes signing of world largest free trade deal by year’s end