Vietnamese seafood exports to the UK market are forecast to maintain their double-digit growth over the coming months due to rising demand, according to details given by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Domestic enterprises need to enhance the application of traceability technology and improve product quality assessment technology, said Tran Thanh Hai, deputy director of the Department Import and Export.

The country shipped over 600,000 tonnes of mangoes valued at US$310 million to 53 countries and territories last year, an increase of approximately 50% from 2020.

South Korea's trade commission said Thursday it plans to launch an antidumping investigation into seamless copper pipes from China and Vietnam.

The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has decided to impose definitive countervailing duty (CVD) and antidumping (AD) duty on the imports of stainless steel cold rolled flat products from India and Indonesia. The investigations covered the period from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. 

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to extend its investigation and application of measures against trade remedy circumvention on certain cane sugar products from some Southeast Asian countries.

Vietnamese rice exports have been increasing significantly in the first months of 2022, signalling a favourable year for the country’s produce.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and the United Kingdom rose 17% year on year last year to US$6.6 billion, of which Vietnam produced US$4,8 billion in trade surplus.