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The U.S. has initiated an antidumping and countervailing investigation into Vietnam and Malaysia’s wooden cabinets, which it suspects were imported from China.

Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission (ADC) has initiated an anti-dumping investigation into ammonium nitrate products imported from Chile, Lithuania, and Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

Singapore is facing a serious shortage of chicken meat, but Vietnamese livestock companies do not have a surplus to export to the island.

A law currently in Congress could expand regulations to rein in illicit seafood imports, which account for an estimated 10 percent of all U.S. sales—and bring with them significant human rights, environmental, and health problems.
 

Pepper exports since the beginning of the year have recorded a sharp increase compared to the same period last year. However, it is forecast that pepper exports in the near future will face difficulties as China continues the "Zero Covid" policy, and sea freight costs continue to stay at a high level.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has launched an anti-circumvention and anti-subsidy investigation into wooden cabinets imported from Vietnam and Malaysia, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

China is one of the leading five consumers of Vietnamese wood and wood products, with its imports accounting for between 10% - 12% of Vietnam’s total wood export value, according to wood processors and Forest Trends.