Mango has become the sixth Vietnamese fruit permitted to enter the US market, following dragon fruit, rambutan, lychee, longan, and star apple. To clear the way to sell its mangoes in the world’s biggest economy, the Plant Protection Department (PPD) applied for a licence in 2009. During the past 10 years, the two countries' plant quarantine agencies have had many technical discussions to agree on the quarantine measures. To export fresh mangoes to the US, Vietnamese farmers, localities, and businesses have to meet strict requirements. The planting, processing, and packaging facilities must be granted codes for management and traceability by APHIS. All pre-export shipments must be treated with irradiation, quarantined, and granted phytosanitary certificates by APHIS. At the arrival port, the APHIS will check each shipment. The mangoes from Dong Thap After the announcement ceremony, the first batch of mangoes from Dong Thap was put into containers to set out for the US market. … [Read more...] about Vietnam begins exporting mangos to US
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Chinese cross-border policy hurting Vietnam’s exports
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese exporters have been warned of difficulties in 2019 because of changes in China’s cross-border trade policies. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in its market bulletin released on January 23, warned that vegetable, fruit, rice and pork exports to China “will meet many challenges in 2019”. The ministry said that higher taxes on rice, cross-border import restrictions and new requirements on traceability will be detrimental for Vietnam’s farm produce. Rice Vietnam exported 6.1 million tons of rice worth $3.04 billion in 2018, an increase of 4 percent in export volume and 15.3 percent in value compared with 2017. By the end of November 2018, China was the biggest export market for Vietnam with 23.7 percent of total exports. China was also the biggest consumer of Vietnam’s Jasmine and fragrant rice, amounting to 24 percent of the exports of these varieties of rice. As for sticky rice, China consumed 82 … [Read more...] about Chinese cross-border policy hurting Vietnam’s exports
South Africa remains Vietnam’s biggest trade partner in Africa
Coffee is among Vietnam's top exports to the South African market. (Photo: VNA) Pretoria (VNA) – South Africa retained its top position among African trade partners of Vietnam in 2018, with bilateral trade topping 1.1 billion USD, up 11.7 percent from 2017 and accounting for 16 percent of total trade between Vietnam and African countries. According to statistics of the Vietnamese trade office in South Africa, Vietnam shipped 724.3 million USD worth of goods to South Africa, down 3.7 percent year on year, but its imports from the country surged 59.5 percent to 386.4 million USD. The office’s head Dao Manh Duc attributed the drop in Vietnam’s exports to falling shipments and value of mobile phones and parts by foreign-invested enterprises in the country. As the biggest staple in Vietnam’s exports to South Africa, those products brought home only 227 million USD in 2018, down 22.2 percent. Footwear and computer-electronic goods are two other main items in … [Read more...] about South Africa remains Vietnam’s biggest trade partner in Africa
Vietnam sees export, trade opportunities in Cambodian market
Between January and November 2018, 1.2 million tonnes of Vietnamese steel products were exported to Cambodia for over 796 million USD, annual increases of 53.04 and 74.36 percent, respectively (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s exports to Cambodia exceeded 3 billion USD last year, setting a record high in a decade and opening up opportunities for local firms to capitalise on untapped potential of the neighbouring market, statistics show. In the past three years, the value of Vietnamese shipments to Cambodia increased continuously from 2.2 billion USD in 2016 to 2.77 billion USD in 2017 and 3.4 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2018. According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, during the January-November period last year, the export of steel, petroleum, and garment-textile products to Cambodia recorded significant increases and together accounted for the lion’s share of the country’s total, at 49.63 percent. Notably, 1.2 million … [Read more...] about Vietnam sees export, trade opportunities in Cambodian market
Vietnam footwear exports benefit from US-China trade spat
According to customs statistics, Vietnam’s footwear exports in the first nine months of this year were worth $11.74 billion, a 10.2 percent year-on-year increase. Its exports to China in the period have risen by 28.5 percent, to Japan by 14.7 percent, and to the U.S. by 13.5 percent. Vietnam is the second biggest exporter of footwear to the U.S. behind China, shipping 404 million pairs of shoes last year. The upward trend is likely to continue, too, as rising wages in China increase the cost of goods produced there and the country is thus directing more of its manufacturing resources toward higher-priced goods like electronics, according to the global footwear news outlet Footwearnews (FN). Foreign companies are moving to other countries like Vietnam to cut cost. Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted told Reuters last May that his company is shifting sourcing of footwear from China to Vietnam. Vietnam has in fact overtaken China as its top supplier, with Vietnamese factories producing … [Read more...] about Vietnam footwear exports benefit from US-China trade spat