VN, India eye greater trade in paper productsTrade in paper between Viet Nam and India is quite low and there is significant potential for growth, a meeting between Indian and Vietnamese paper companies heard in HCM City on February 9. “Viet Nam has started importing paper from India with the volume increasing year after year. Thanks to the Free Trade Agreement between ASEAN and India (AIFTA), the import tax on main paper lines is decreasing gradually, increasing the competitiveness of Indian paper. “We believe that there is plenty of opportunity for co-operation between Viet Nam and India in both paper production and trading.”Nguyen Ngoc Minh Thy, vice president of the Viet Nam Packaging Association, said packaging paper is the main product of the country’s paper industry. Consumption in Viet Nam is still low at 33kg per person compared to the global average of 57kg, he said.