Firms must meet EU requirements
Thursday, February 4,2016AsemconnectVietnam - Vietnamese firms have been urged to prepare for the impending Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (VPA/FLEGT).
The VPA/FLEGT is expected to conclude negotiations and be signed at the end of this year.
According to Nguyen Ngoc Thang, manager of the World Wildlife Fund Viet Nam's project for supporting VPA negotiations, was quoted by Cong Thuong newspaper as saying that the VPA/FLEGT would help eliminate legal risks for wooden export firms selling to European markets while promoting the domestic wood industry of more than 3,500 firms and 300,000 labourers.
The signing of the VPA with the European Union – a very strict market with high requirements for timber and wood products – will also enhance the trust of Viet Nam's other major partners that have similar requirements for wood origins, such as the United States, Australia and Japan, experts said.
Still, many firms are not sufficiently aware of the impact the VPA/FLEGT will have on their operations and have not made adequate preparations.
The VPA/FLEGT requires participating firms' operations to comply with FLEGT legal requirements.
Viet Nam's wood and wooden product exports were expected to expand by 12-15 per cent in 2016 from US$6.9 billion last year, according to the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City.
Viet Nam was the fourth largest wood exporter in the world, trailing after China, Germany and Italy.
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