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Retail Asia01/03/2024

Indonesia plans to increase rice imports by 1.6 million tons this year, giving Vietnamese exporters a big opportunity, the Vietnam Trade Office in that country said. The import licenses for the additional quota would be issued soon by its Ministry of Trade once legal procedures are completed, it said. It will increase the country’s rice […]

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Retail Asia11/07/2023

Vietnam imported more than 239,000 tonnes of meat and meat products worth $480 million in the first five months of this year. The number climbed by roughly 1.6% in terms of quantity but declined by 9.1% in terms of value, according to the General Department of Customs of Vietnam. In May, Vietnam imported 57,620 tonnes […]

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Retail Asia07/06/2023

Vietnam spent US$2.04 billion to import animal feed and raw materials for the production of this kind of commodity in the first five months of this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). The figure marks a year-on-year decrease of 2%. Animal feed and raw materials from Argentina to Vietnam accounted for 25.8% of the total market […]

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Retail Asia20/03/2023

All 12 members of the Vehicles Importers Vietnam Association (VIVA) have asked the Government to reduce the registration fee on imported cars by 50% to spur demand. VIVA proposed in the context of a sharp drop in sales and gloomy market forecasts. According to the association, car importers need help to cope with high inventories […]

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Retail Asia07/03/2023

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports in the first two months of this year increased by 17.8% year-on-year to US$592 million. China accounted for 57.5% of the exports, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s department of agricultural products processing and market development. Since early February when it reopened after Covid, China has been […]

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Retail Asia23/01/2023

Indonesia surpassed Thailand as Vietnam’s largest car exporter in 2022, with 72,671 cars exported. According to statistics released by Vietnam Customs, Vietnam imported 173,467 cars in 2022, an 8.5% increase from 2021. Indonesia, Thailand and China were the biggest car exporters to Vietnam, but Indonesia surpassed Thailand to be the country that exported the most […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2023

Auto imports rose by 8.4% last year to a record 173,467 units, which cost US$3.84 billion according to Vietnam Customs. The previous highest number was over 160,000 in 2021. Indonesia and Thailand were the biggest sources of the imports last year, accounting for 41.9% and 41.5%. China was third with 10%. The government has issued […]

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Retail Asia05/12/2022

Vietnamese garment and seafood exports to Canada have surged 50% year-on-year, totaling values of $1.1 billion and $334 million, respectively. As the two categories saw the most significant increases in exports to Canada of the last three years, other categories such as wood, chemicals, metal, cashew nuts, handbags, and machines also recorded growth of between […]

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Retail Asia05/12/2022

Vietnam ranks fourth in Southeast Asia in auto production in the first 10 months at 362,000 units, up 16.4% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office. Thailand leads the region with nearly 1.6 million units made in the period, followed by Indonesia, 1.2 million, and Malaysia, 567,700, according to the ASEAN Automotive Federation. Many auto […]

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Retail Asia07/12/2021

Frozen pork imports nearly tripled in the first 10 months of this year to 332,000 tons, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Also imported were 350,000 pigs on the hoof from Thailand, a 50 percent increase year on year. Together they cost US$617 million. Its five biggest pork suppliers were Russia, Germany, Brazil, […]

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Retail Asia23/11/2021

The number of imported cars in Vietnam rose 61 percent to 129,733 units in the first 10 months this year. Passenger vehicles saw a rise of 50 percent to 90,029 units, according to Vietnam Customs. In October, the three major import markets were Thailand with 8,320 units, followed by Indonesia, 3,925, and China, 1,733. Over […]

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Retail Asia06/10/2021

Only 17 percent of the most popular goods on e-commerce platforms since last year have been Vietnamese, a market research firm said. Malaysian market research firm iPrice Group said in a report that 83 percent of the 1,200 most sought-after items were imported. The rates for Vietnamese products ranged between 25 percent for Sendo and […]

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Retail Asia31/05/2021

Vietnam has decided to stop importing live pigs from Thailand starting June 30 after 980 of them were found infected with African swine fever. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development took the decision to stop imports to try and prevent the disease from being transmitted to domestic herds. Enterprises with signed contracts for pigs […]

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Retail Asia22/02/2021

The Indonesian Anti-dumping Committee has concluded that Vietnam is dumping cold steel sheets following a 16-month-long investigation. Indonesia will apply anti-dumping duties of 3.01-49.2 percent on imports from Vietnam. But some major exporters are set to get away with low duties, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam. Hoa Sen Group will pay 5.34 […]

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Retail Asia10/02/2021

Auto imports in January rose to 8,343 completely built units worth $212.5 million, up 84.7 percent and 76.2 percent year-on-year, respectively. Most of car imports are from Thailand and Indonesia, at an average price range of VND350 million ($15,000) to VND 1.2 billion. Experts have said that the scale of manufacturing, tax exemptions and affordable […]

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Retail Asia01/02/2021

Vietnam’s tuna exports declined by 9.8 percent in 2020 due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and are showing no signs of recovery. Analysts point to two reasons for the continuing slump: the unpredictability surrounding the pandemic and intense competition from low-priced Chinese canned tuna in its largest market, the U.S. Besides, consumers prefer […]

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Retail Asia13/11/2020

The U.S. has imported double the quantity of Vietnamese mangoes in Jan-August 2020, showing potential for further growth in this market. The value of mango imports rose 99.9 percent year-on-year to $2.79 million, according to a report by the Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, citing U.S. official figures. The […]

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Retail Asia14/11/2019

Vietnamese authorities suspect $4.3 billion worth of aluminum has been imported with the intent of being exported to the U.S. relabeled as made-in-Vietnam products. Vietnam Customs recently discovered signs of origin fraud in 1.8 million tons of aluminum imported by Global Vietnam Aluminum Ltd in the central Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. General Director of Customs […]

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Retail Asia25/10/2019

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Even weaker economies with less developed industries can threaten Vietnam’s auto industry due to its low localization rate, the Trade Ministry said. While the domestic auto industry is already facing fierce competition from car imports, mostly from Thailand and Indonesia, other ASEAN economies are emerging threats, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a […]

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Retail Asia09/10/2019

Vietnam imported around 9,000 completely built-up cars in August, down from the average of 12,500 in the previous seven months. The imports cost $174 million, according to the General Statistics Office. Imports dropped sharply in August because it coincides with the seventh lunar month, traditionally called the “ghost month” in which locals avoid buying new […]

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