The tax on imported sugar, as stipulated by the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), will be maintained at 5% from the beginning of this year, instead of zero per cent as previously rumoured.

The Minister of Commerce has developed the Import Potential Index (IPI) on the import potential of 168 countries with the objective to revise Thailand's export strategy in alignment with the real export potential of each country. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam aims to earn between US$19.5 - 20 billion from leather and footwear exports in 2018, up 10% from 2017, according to a conference in January 12.

The Thai Rice Exporters Association revealed that rice exports reached a record high last year with most of the demand coming from Benin in West Africa. 

The Thai National Shippers’ Council (TNSC) believes the export sector could have expanded by no less than 10% in 2017 and has forecast 5.5% growth in 2018. 

VOV.VN - Machines, equipment and tools topped the list of imported product groups in the first 11 months of 2017 with a value of US$30.74 billion, accounting for 16% of the country’s total imports (up 20.7% comparing to the same period of the previous year).

Shrimp exports increased sharply last year and the trend will continue this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Directorate of Fisheries has said it will strive to earn an export value of aquatic products of US$8.5 billion this year, up 1.2% annually. 

Vietnam’s textile and garment industry targets a year-on-year increase of 10% in export value, to US$34 billion, in 2018.

VOV.VN - The sales generated by traditional craft villages in Hanoi are estimated at more than VND20 trillion for 2017, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.