Vietnam – EU 2021 bilateral trade reaches $63.6 bln, up 14.8%

Last year, Vietnam exported $45.8 billion worth of goods to the EU, up 14.2 percent year on year and imported $17.9 billion worth of products from the market, an increase of 16.5 percent.

The ministry attributed the results to the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, which took effect more than one year ago.

Notably, the export revenue of products using the EUR.1 certificate of origin reached about $7.8 billion, which showed Vietnamese firms’ greater attention to optimising of incentives from the deal.

The EVFTA is a bilateral commitment with incentives and long-lasting value.

At present, 20 percent of local enterprises have taken export tax incentives from the EVFTA with the EUR.1 certificate of origin.

For shipments to the EU worth less than 6,000 EUR, local enterprises are allowed to self-certify origin.

This helps ensure smaller businesses do not have to spend time applying C/O, while still being able to enjoy tax incentives.