The free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam will take effect on October 5, Minister for Trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Veronika Nikishina said.
Minister for Trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Veronika Nikishina (Photo: therussophile.org)
Moscow (VNA) – The free trade agreement (FTA) between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Vietnam will take effect on October 5, Minister for Trade at the Eurasian Economic Commission Board Veronika Nikishina has said.
She made the confirmation at the second Eastern Economic Forum held in Russia’s Vladivostok, noting that the two sides finished the ratification of the deal and it will come into force after 60 days.
The EAEU-Vietnam FTA features the two sides’ obligations pertaining to such spheres as trade, services, investment and movement of natural persons.
With the formation of the EAEU-Vietnam free trade area, bilateral trade can increase from 4 billion USD at present to 8-10 billion USD. EAEU exporters can save about 40 million USD in tax in the first year the pact takes effect, according to the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Under the agreement, Vietnam will immediately remove import tariffs on 59 percent of the goods from the EAEU, including meat products, wheat flour, alcohol, mechanical equipment and steel products. The tariffs on another 30 percent of goods will be gradually reduced to 0 percent in the transitional period.
Indonesia and Singapore also suggested similar FTAs with the EAEU, but procedures will be more complicated, Nikishina said.
The EAEU consists of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan. The union and Vietnam signed the agreement in Kazakhstan on May 29, 2015 after eight official rounds of negotiations.-VNA
Import tax on 4,959 types of goods from the EAEU countries will be reduced to zero immediately when the free trade agreement (FTA) between Vietnam and the union takes effect this year.
Economic experts have suggested Vietnam thoroughly assess the impacts that the Vietnam-Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) free trade agreement (FTA) may exert on specific sectors and markets.
Trade revenues between Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) are expected to increase to 10-12 billion USD by 2020, after a free trade agreement between the two sides takes effect in 2016.
A Russian expert on Asia-Pacific and the ASEAN from the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies has hailed Vietnam as an attractive market for investors and a highly competitive economy.
Vietnamese firms have a chance to enter consumption markets of five nations with over 180 million people and the GDP exceeding 2.5 trillion USD in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
