The Ministry of Industry and Trade has just announced a list of 307 reliable Vietnamese exporters for the 2012-2013 period.
The seafood industry had 45 reliable exporters in 2012
The selection is an annual event initiated by the ministry since 2004. It aims to promote Vietnamese exporters to foreigner partners.
Selected enterprises for the 2012-2013 period needed to meet several criteria, including having direct export operations, being profitable between 2011 and 2012, strictly completing contracts with foreign partners, fulfilling their tax payments and meeting export revenue quotas set for their industries.
The country’s two major export industries of rice and seafood took the lead for having 45 selected enterprises each; followed by garment and textile industry with 37 and the rubber industry with 34.
Other selected exporters included fruits and vegetables with 20, tea and cashew nuts with 16 each, coffee with 14 and pepper with 12.
Mobile phone and related spare parts; handbags, backpacks, purses, hats and umbrellas; and glass and glass products had two selected exporters.
