After hitting an export volume approximating 46 million tonnes in 2021, the cement sector faces a tough road ahead due to headwinds in exports and slow rebound in pandemic-hit domestic consumption.

On October 12, 2022, domestic producers filed petitions with the U.S. DOC and the U.S. ITC, seeking antidumping (AD) duties on imports of paper file folders from China, India and Vietnam and CVD duties on such imports from India.

Vietnam has been doing its utmost to fight Illegal, IUU fishing in an attempt to lift EC’s “yellow card” warning against its seafood exports and avoid a “red card” which could lead to a trade ban.

Businesses are struggling to get new export orders although, since the beginning of the year, export turnover has reached US$288 billion, up 17.3 percent compared to this time last year. 

The TRA announces its interim conclusions in a reconsideration of a trade remedy measure on welded tubes and pipes from China, Belarus and Russia.

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exporters need to further enhance deep processing and diversify their export markets to avoid risks when major export markets face difficulties.

Vietnam is the leading pepper-exporting country in the world. The French market has extremely strict import standards but is considered to have high potential and room for development.

The Philippines's TC has ordered the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imported cement from Vietnam for a period of five years.