Vietnam continued to expand foreign trade in the first quarter of 2022, producing a trade surplus of US$1.46 billion, according to the latest data unveiled by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has slashed the anti-dumping duties on Vietnam’s honey exporters by almost sevenfold compared to its preliminary conclusions, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued a circular stipulating the import of rice and dried tobacco leaves originating from Cambodia under tariff quotas for 2021 and 2022.

The commerce ministry's investigative arm DGTR has initiated a probe to review the need for continuing anti-dumping duty on certain types of Chinese pneumatic radial tyres following a complaint from the domestic industry

Vietnam’s seafood exports made a strong recovery in the first quarter of 2022, with total revenue reaching 2.4 billion USD, up 38.7% year on year. Such an impressive result was thanks to strong growth in the export of shrimp and shark catfish.

Vietnam makes up the world's third largest exporter of cassava and cassava-based products in terms of output, behind Thailand and Cambodia, and second only to Thailand in export turnover.

The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has announced that it has initiated a tariff rate quota review of steel imports from Russia and Belarus that are part of the UK’s safeguard trade remedy measure. The TRA will assess whether the tariff rate quotas for the two countries should be re-allocated to avoid potential shortage of steel in the UK. 

Hong Kong (China) is viewed as a promising market for Vietnamese exporters as bilateral trade experienced growth of 64.6 percent, from over 8.28 billion USD in 2015 to nearly 13.63 billion USD in 2021.