Made-in-Viet Nam timber and wood products have faced obstacles in accessing foreign markets due to stricter foreign laws, which require timber products to be granted Forest Stewardship Council certification, said Hua Duc Nhi, deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Exporters of steel and, in turn, the Union ministry of commerce are getting worried at the increased resort by the US of countervailing duty (CVD) to bring down imports from India.
China is considering plans to either scrap or reduce export tax rebates on some aluminium extrusion products as well as on stainless steel wires and rods, the China Securities Journal reported on April 12, 2011, without identifying sources.
President Hu Jintao was pushed by fellow BRICS members Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa to open the Chinese market to goods ranging from Indian drugs to Brazilian planes as leaders gathered on a tropical south China island for a summit.
On April 8, 2011, the Government of Brazil adopted antidumping duties against lycra from China. The measure consists of an antidumping duty of 4.10 dollars per kilogram.
(VOV) - Vietnam’s exports are estimated to reach US$19.25 billion in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 33.7 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. However, production and export still face a number of difficulties.
The Indonesian government has imposed safeguard measures such as antidumping duties to protect local products from cheap Chinese goods dumped into the domestic market, a senior minister said.