To export masks to the European Union (EU) and the United States, Vietnamese firms must obtain CE marking and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certification respectively to indicate products meet the appropriate safety and environmental protection standards. This was conveyed in a recent webinar jointly organised by the Vietnamese government and an industry body.
The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) and the ministry of industry and trade (MoIT) organised the webinar on May 4 to answer questions from manufacturers regarding EU and US regulations on import of face masks and medical equipment.To export masks to the European Union and the United States, Vietnamese firms must obtain CE marking and Food and Drug Administration certification respectively to indicate products meet the appropriate safety and environmental protection standards. This was conveyed in a recent webinar jointly organised by the Vietnamese government and an industry body.#
COVID-19 has severely damaged the garment and textile industry, VITAS vice president Truong Van Cam said, with exports in the first four months of this year totalling $10.64 billion, down by 6.6 per cent year on year. The sector seems likely to experience further damage in May and June as most orders are cancelled or postponed, he added.
In the wake of the pandemic ravaging the globe, many producers have shifted from garments to cloth and anti-bacterial face masks for domestic and foreign markets in order to keep production going and to minimise losses, said Tran Thanh Hai, deputy director of MoIT’s agency of foreign trade, according to Vietnamese media reports.
From January 1 to April 19, Vietnam exported 415.7 million protective masks, mostly to Japan, South Korea, Germany, the United States and Singapore, earning $63.19 million.
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