HÀ NỘI – The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) on Monday submitted a proposal to the Government to renegotiate the high import duty on Vietnamese tuna products in Japan. However, since 2013, Vietnamese tuna exports to Japan have reduced mainly because of higher import tariffs on Vietnamese tuna products against those imported from countries such as Thailand and the Philippines. In April 2012, the import tariff was removed completely under the Japan-Thailand Economic Partnership Agreement (JTEPA), reports vietnamplus.vn. As a result, Vietnamese canned tuna products cannot compete with Thai tuna products in the Japanese market, the VASEP said. Việt Nam and Japan have not drawn up a schedule to remove import duty on tuna products, according to the association.

Source: Viet Nam News February 14, 2017 08:45 UTC