On September 15, 2020, the Ministry of Industry and Trade received Note No. 14-572 of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) warning about Vietnam's textile and garment products enjoying preferential export tariffs to the Union. The Eurasian Economy (EAEU) under the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (VN-EAEU FTA) is at risk of exceeding the trigger level to apply a defense measure in 2020 according to regulations. the VN-EAEU FTA.

Specifically, Vietnam's dresses, dresses, and women's clothing (HS codes 6104.41, 6104.42, 6104.43, 6104.44, 6104.49, 6204.42, 6204.44, 6204.49) of Vietnam are exported to the EAEU during the period from January 2020 to January. 7/2020 has reached 79.4% of the threshold set for 2020.

According to Article 2.10 of the VN-EAEU FTA, which stipulates the threshold safeguard measure for 12 groups of Vietnamese exports, textiles and garments are in danger of being subjected to a threshold defense measure when importing into the EAEU Accordingly, depending on the volume of exports exceeding the threshold, Vietnam's garment and textile products will be subject to MFN tariffs for a period of 6 months or 9 months.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade informed the textile and garment exporters to the EAEU known.

List of Vietnam's exports to the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union from January to July 2020, see here.

Source: Import and Export Department