Customs statistics show between February 1-15 businesses shipped goods overseas worth US$8.75 billion, but spent US$12.66 billion on importing major industrial products and raw materials.

The US's plan to impose an anti-dumping tariff of up to 400 percent against imported Vietnamese raw honey products would pose very negative impacts on Vietnam's beekeeping industry, of which the US has been the prime import market, said spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

The European Union is imposing tariffs on imports of steel fasteners from China on the basis that they are being sold at artificially low prices, the EU official journal said on Thursday.

The Finance Ministry has extended the validity of anti-dumping duty on ‘aluminium foil’ (5.5 micron to 80 micron) imports from China till June 15.

A lot of agricultural exports have taken place after the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays to difficult markets like Japan, South Korea and Australia, giving exporters hope for a successful year.

There remains huge opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to accelerate exports of agricultural and food products to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) thanks to its strong demand for these items, experts have said. 

With a relatively attractive valuation and a bullish industry outlook, seafood stocks are expected to grow positively in 2022.

Commerce's International Trade Administration announced a slate of levies on the machinery, which are also known as mobile access equipment and are used on construction sites and industrial settings to elevate workers and equipment.