Digital transformation will play a key role in assisting businesses, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), revive and expand export markets post-COVID, experts said.

In the first six months of 2022, fertiliser export turnover surpassed the figure posted for the whole of 2021.

Supply strains, while still afflicting many consumers and businesses, are becoming more mundane than menacing like they were six months ago, especially in the US.

Vietnam’s fine art ceramic exports during the first half of the year soared by 6.5% to US$375.59 million on-year as local exporters optimised the opportunities of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The U.S. International Trade Commission revoked hefty anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on urea ammonium nitrate fertilizers from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago on Monday, concluding that those imports did not hurt American producers.
 

President Joe Biden may announce as soon as this week a rollback of some US tariffs on Chinese consumer goods -- as well as a new probe into industrial subsidies that could lead to more duties in strategic areas like technology.

The Trade Remedies Authority proposes anti-dumping measures on imports of Chinese HFP Rebar steel be revoked to meet demand from the UK's construction industry

Steel exports have tended to slow down in recent months and are expected to decelerate in the coming quarters due to the negative impact of protectionist measures imposed by the EU.