Vietnam bolsters agricultural exports amid growing protectionismVietnam is working to accelerate agricultural exports as growing global protectionism has impacted international trade and export of Vietnamese staples. Rough seas for Vietnamese agricultural productsTo protect its domestic catfish industry, the US Department of Commerce decided to levy duties of 3.87 USD per kilogramme for Vietnamese tra fish. Other seafood products like tra fish and tuna have been subjected to rigorous scrutiny before they are allowed to reach US consumers. Tra fish is examined from breeding, harvesting to processing and export processes under the catfish examination programme carried out from August, 2017. Apart from seafood, Vietnam also experienced stagnant exports of pepper beans to India, the second largest importer of Vietnamese pepper.

Source: VietNamNet News June 04, 2018 04:18 UTC