Negotiations on the export of durian to China are in the final steps and expected to finish soon so that this type of fruit can be shipped to China via official channels this year, heard an online forum held on June 8.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on rebar from Mexico for the period between November 1, 2019, and October 31, 2020. 

Vietnam’s vegetable and fruit exports to China fell 28 percent year-on-year to $625 million in the first four months as the major importer extended its zero Covid strategy.

In the first quarter of 2022, most plastic enterprises reported profits with very high growth, resulting from more demanding need to shift investment and business from multinational corporations.

South Korea's trade watchdog said Thursday that it has decided to impose 43.58 percent anti-dumping tariffs on an industrial solvent from Saudi Arabia over the next five years, citing substantial damage to South Korean industry.

The Trade Remedies Authority has recommended businesses stay cautious after US President Joe Biden's announcement on June 6 on tariff exemption for solar panels imported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand, urging them to continue to review their export of products subject to the US’s anti-circumvention investigation. 

Despite difficulties in export markets over the past time, Vietnam has earned a US$23.2 billion export turnover of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in the first five months of 2022, up 16.8 percent while the trade surplus reached US$5.1 billion, up 3.1 times over the same period.

Local businesses have been recommended to focus on niche markets, rice products with organic standards, and abide by market requirements in order to enter the Nordic market in the future, according to details given by Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.