Vietnam Suspends Export of 14 Key Garment Categories to US

The Ministry of Trade has announced the suspension of granting export licenses (E/L) from June 22 to July 15 to the export of 14 key garment categories to the US, including knitted men’s shirts, women’s cotton shirts, woven men’s and women’s cotton and polyester shirts, and men’s and women’s cotton pants.

 

This is the key content of the ministry’s Notice 0044/BTM-DM dated June 15, 2007 on managing apparel exports to the US in 2007.

 

US imports of textiles and garments from Vietnam grew 20.59 per cent to reach $927.85 million in the first three months this year but the export of categories being monitored by the US did not grow much.

 

Currently, the US is Vietnam’s largest apparel importer, accounting for up to 55 per cent of the country’s total textile and garment export value last year. (E-TradeNews, Saigon Times Daily)