Promote exports of wood and handicrafts to the European market
National and international experts provided updated information on the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement and its impact on the Vietnamese timber and handicraft industry. and the needs of the European market, which need to know when exporting wood and handicrafts to this market.
Bui Thi Thanh An, deputy head of Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that Europe is one of the major markets for furniture and handicrafts in Vietnam, with export turnover of wood and products. Vietnam's exports to the EU totaled US $ 741.8 million last year. This is Vietnam's fourth largest export market after the US, Japan and China.
The prospects for the development of wood and handicrafts in the European market in 2017 are projected to grow better thanks to the strengthening of the market in the EU, the impact of the Free Trade Agreement Vietnam and the EU signed a voluntary partnership agreement on forest law enforcement, forest governance, trade in timber and wood products signed by Vietnam and the EU. May 5, 1974.
