Ministry moves to beef up production, exports

21/05/2020, 08:19

Vietnam has boosted exports to new markets over the last couple of months as part of solutions to tackle production and business difficulties and promote overseas shipments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said.

Processing of tra fish for exports. Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)

Vietnam has boosted exports to new markets over the last couple of months as part of solutions to tackle production and business difficulties and promote overseas shipments amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said.

In a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Anh cited figures showing that in the first four months the country’s exports to America rose 22 percent year-on-year to 19 billion USD, including Canada 975 million USD (up 13 percent), Mexico 798 million USD (61 percent), Brazil 511 million USD (11 percent), and Chile 287 million USD (93 percent). Shipments to Argentina also rose 55 percent, Colombia 93 percent, Panama 73 percent, and Peru 82 percent.

Vietnam also recorded strong growth in exports to markets such as China, worth 9.35 billion USD (up 22.8 percent), Japan 5 billion USD (7.8 percent), and Australia 924 million USD (11.6 percent).

Markets with falling export revenue were primarily in Europe, which has been hit hard by COVID-19, he said, noting that exports during the period to the EU, including the UK, fell 5.7 percent from a year earlier to 9.61 billion USD.

Goods shipped to France totalled 771.6 million USD (down 19 percent), Italy 758.7 million USD (down 17.4 percent), Spain 551.6 million USD (down 6.4 percent), and the UK 1.28 billion USD (down 6.6 percent).

Anh said that due to the pandemic, many importers in the US and in the EU delayed delivery or even cancelled orders as cities were placed on lockdown and people were requested to stay at home.

Stricter quarantine measures have affected logistics and customs clearance activities while the suspension of goods entering and exiting countries has also hampered transactions between Vietnamese companies and partners, he added.

To bolster exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has been pushing ahead with solutions to seek new markets, he noted, adding that it is working to resume trade with China, the Republic of Korea (RoK), and Japan, and is preparing to enforce the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) once it takes effect.

The MoIT has submitted to the Government a draft action plan on implementing the EVFTA that clarifies targets, main tasks, and relevant parties.

Anh said the ministry has also built trade promotion plans; assisted businesses to boost exports, especially to markets that may soon have the outbreak under control, like the RoK, Japan, and China; and has pressed on with online trade promotion activities.

To opportunely provide market information and remove obstacles facing exporters, the MoIT has set up mechanisms to ensure smooth contact via the internet among trade counsellors, the ministry’s departments, business associations, local trade promotion centres, and enterprises nationwide, he said.

Highlighting the domestic market’s importance, he pointed out that the potential from the country’s 90 million people hasn’t been fully tapped into.

The MoIT has directed relevant agencies to devise concrete plans and solutions to promote domestic trade, especially when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, he said, adding that the local market needs to be considered an important driving force of growth in 2020 and subsequent years.

Source: VNA


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Ministry moves to beef up production, exports