INTERNATI ONAL TRADE P OLI CY
EXPORTING VIETNAMESE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
IN THE CONTEXT OF AANZFTA
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Framework
of presentation
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ASEAN - AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND FREE TRADE AGREMENT
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THE SITUATION OF VIETNAM'S AGRICULTURAL EXPORT INDUSTRY TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW
ZEALAND BEFORE AND AFTER AANZFTA CAME INTO EFFECT
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF VIETNAM'S AGRICULTURAL EXPORT INDUSTRY IN THE
CONTEXT AANZFTA
ASEAN - AUSTRALIA - NEW ZEALAND FREE
TRADE AGREEMENTS
Signed in 2009
Australia
Officially came into effect in
2010
ASEAN
New Zealand
TARIFF MEASURES
TRADE OF GOODS
• Group 1: Australia & New Zealand;
• Group 2: The ASEAN 6 ; Brunei Darussalam,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and
Thailand
• Group 3: Newer ASEAN Member States ; Cambodia,
Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam
Group 3
A more gradual phasing and longer
gestation for the elimination of tariffs
TARIFF MEASURES
COMMITMENT ON TARIFFS
• Australia and New Zealand's commitment on tariff
for Vietnam
Since 2015: Australia eliminate about 97% of tax lines
Since 2015: New Zealand eliminate about 91% of tax lines
By 2020: Australia and New Zealand eliminate all tariff
• Commitment of Vietnam
Since 2018: eliminate 86% tax lines
By 2020: eliminate 92% of tax lines
NON-TARIFF MEASURES
Rule of origin
Commitment on Services
and Investment
Customs procedure
Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures
Safeguard Measures
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Overview of Vietnam’s agriculture
in the context of AANZFTA
Vietnamese agricultural export
before AANZFTA came into effect
5.27
%
5.5%
average HS tariff rate across
imports from Vietnam
average MFN tariff rate on
import from Vietnam
top
10
with the highest number of agricultural
imports rejected by Australia during
2003 - 2010
>
>
trade barriers
Primary reasons for the rejection of
Vietnamese agricultural exports to Australia:
• labeling issues (265 times)
• contamination (129 times)
• residue of veterinary drugs (44 times)
• food additives and ingredients (14 times)
Vietnam's
agricultural
export value to
Australia before
AANZFTA came
into effect
300.000
253.44
6
201.53
6
200.000
125.3
97
100.000
93.89
0
0
Source: Trademap, Unit: thousand USD
200
7
2008
201.53
6
125.62
0
2009
201
0
201
1
201
2
Vietnam's
agricultural
export value to
New Zealand
before AANZFTA
came into effect
300.000
273.89
9
200.000
12264
5
100.000
76.64
2
0
Source: Trademap, Unit: thousand USD
183.9
81
2008
70.50
4
2009
201
0
201
1
201
2
201
3
Vietnamese agricultural export
after AANZFTA came into effect
trade barriers are eliminated.
AUSTRALIA
90%
2018
>>
NEW ZEALAND
100
%
99
%
2020
2020
Vietnam's agricultural export
value to Australia (20102015)
vegetables
fruits
coffee and tea
Source: Trademap, Unit: thousand USD
live trees
cereals
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
201
0
201
1
201
2
201
3
201
4
201
5
Vietnam's agricultural export
value to Australia (20162021)
vegetables
fruits
coffee and tea
Source: Trademap, Unit: thousand USD
live trees
cereals
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
201
6
201
7
201
8
201
9
202
0
202
1
vegetables
fruits
coffee and tea
Source: Trademap, Unit: thousand USD
cocoa
cereals
Vietnam's agricultural export
value to New Zealand (20102015)
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
201
0
201
1
201
2
201
3
201
4
201
5
vegetables
fruits
coffee and tea
Source: Trademap, Unit: thousand USD
cocoa
cereals
Vietnam's agricultural export
value to New Zealand (20162021)
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
201
6
201
7
201
8
201
9
202
0
202
1
exports to Australia during AANZFTA
fruits & nuts
crustaceans
fresh &
frozen fish
176
119
79
million AUD
million AUD
coffee
preserved
seafood
52
115
million AUD
million AUD
million AUD
mango
lychee
longan
dragon fruit
+
development in export to New
Zealand
during AANZFTA
16th
largest trade partner
of New Zealand
bilateral
trade
value
+ pomelo
+
lime
besides mango, dragon
fruit and rambutan
unit: million USD
2009
2020
0
500
1,000
1,50
0