Of the total, the export value of apparel, phones and components, and seafood hit 392.278 million USD, 314.862 million USD, and 139.5 million USD, growing 57.59, 22.97, and 73.56 percent annually, respectively.

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In 2021, despite Covid-19, Vietnam shipped goods worth 5.3 billion USD to Canada, an annual increase of 20.8 percent.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), of which both nations are members, has been considered the leverage behind such growth. The pact came into force in late 2018. Vietnam also signed a free trade agreement with Canada, therefore enjoying tariff reduction or elimination. Notably, since January 1, 2021, Canada removed a total of 96.3 percent of the tax lines for goods originated from Vietnam.

According to the Vietnam Trade Office in Canada, Vietnam is the biggest partner in Southeast Asia of the North American nation. However, room for Vietnamese products to enter the Canadian market remains large, as their value now just accounts for 1.7 percent of Canada’s total imports.

In addition to these advantages, the access to this market is facing various challenges, particularly high transport and preservation costs, and strict safety and technical standards.

Bac Giang to ensure product quality and safety against Covid-19 pandemic in exporting lychee to China

(BGO)- Vice Chairman of the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee Phan The Tuan on the morning of May 9 hosted a teleconference with Hu Suo Jin, minister-counselor in charge of economics and commerce of Chinese Embassy in Hanoi on preparation for export of lychee.

Vietnam’s garment sector records impressive export growth

Vietnam exported over 10.6 billion USD worth of garment products in the first three months of 2022, up nearly 20% over the same period last year, which is a positive signal for garment makers to expand their production.

Vietnam aims to boost rice export to ASEAN

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will coordinate with Vietnam’s trade offices in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to organise a consulting session on rice exports.

Vietnam’s exports to UK up 16.4 percent last year

After being heavily impacted by Covid-19 for two years, trade between Vietnam and the United Kingdom (UK) has recovered, reaching nearly 6.6 billion USD at the end of 2021, up 17 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Source: NDO/VNA