Europe is a large market for Vietnamese goods, but businesses need to grasp its quality standards and consumption trends so as to fully capitalise on this market, heard an online workshop held on July 7.

Over three tonnes of Bac Giang lychees recently passed customs clearance at Frankfurt airport, Germany thanks to a transaction via the Vietnamese e-commerce platform Voso.

Pangasius exports in the first months of 2021 grew quite well, but exports to the EU market decreased. In the last three years, the value of pangasius exports to the EU has not been able to escape dismal negative growth.

Vietnam has exported various kinds of tropical fruits to the European Union, but passion fruit and lychees are among items that are much sought after by EU consumers, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Iron and steel exports to the European Union (EU) reached 713,000 tonnes in the first five months of this year, up five times year-on-year, reported the General Department of Customs.

Trade in goods between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) has seen positive growth since the beginning of 2021, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect, Vietnam's leather and footwear exports to the EU market have grown. It is notable this is one of the industries that makes the best use of tariff preferences in the EVFTA by meeting the provisions of the respective rules of origin of goods in the agreement.

The rate of using Certificate of Origin (C/O) form EUR.1 of Vietnamese textile and garment exporters to the EU to take advantage of preferential tariffs from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has not met the expected level.

Despite COVID-19 cutting into demand for textiles and garments, enterprises have poured investment into materials to improve production capacity, completing the supply chain and taking advantage of new generation free trade agreements (FTAs) that have come into effect.

Thanks to the preferential tariffs under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, footwear exports to the bloc’s 27 member countries increased by 19.2% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021.