According to the General Department of Customs, in the first two months of 2024, the country imported 2.65 million tons of iron and steel of all kinds, an increase of 85.4% over the same period in 2023, of which the main import market is from China. However, the use of measures to restrict the import of steel materials is a controversial issue.

The export of cameras, camcorders and components earned more than US$720 million last month, an increase of 75.6% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

By the end of February, Vietnam had exported more than 41 thousand tonnes of durian, approximately the same amount exported throughout all of 2022.

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the TRA’s recommendation to maintain anti-dumping duties on imports of cast iron articles from China.

Vietnam’s export of timber and wood products during the first quarter of the year soared by 18.9% to reach US$3.4 billion against the same period last year, according to data given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

With trade promotion activities intensified, the agro-forestry-fishery sector is able to earn 54-55 billion USD in export revenue this year as assigned by the Prime Minister, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien.

The strong recovery in CBU car import in March was due to the car import in February falling sharply when businesses stopped all import-export activities during the seven-day Tết holiday.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a preliminary conclusion on the anti-subsidy investigation into frozen warm water shrimp originating in Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).