{"id":26780,"date":"2017-06-13T05:40:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T12:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/?p=26780"},"modified":"2017-06-14T23:23:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T06:23:32","slug":"bill-watson-explains-vietnams-fta-eu-regions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/events\/bill-watson-explains-vietnams-fta-eu-regions\/26780","title":{"rendered":"Bill Watson Explains Vietnam&#8217;s FTA with EU and Other Regions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson1.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson1-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Vietnam has entered into or is in the process of entering into various FTAs with different regions around the world . All these FTAs are giving a big edge to Vietnam to grow its apparel industry in the next few years. However, not much clarity is there on how these FTAs would function and what advantages they would give to different segments of the industry. This ambiguity was sought to be addressed by one of our keynote speakers &#8211; Mr Bill Watson &#8211; the MD of Coats Vietnam, Korea and Cambodia cluster . He made a great presentation at the\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a02nd Edition of Denimsandjeans Vietnam Show\u00c2\u00a0and explained lucidly about the various FTAs that Vietnam has signed or is in the process of signing. The presentation was greatly appreciated by all attendees and we bring some highlights from the same as well are providing a download link to this presentation.<\/p>\n<p>We shall be shortly uploading the video with his full presentation shortly .<\/p>\n<p>For full presentation, Kindly click on the below link.<\/p>\n<p><strong>English Version<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.vmshow.denimsandjeans.com\/seminar\/English.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vmshow.denimsandjeans.com\/seminar\/English.pdf\">https:\/\/www.vmshow.denimsandjeans.com\/seminar\/English.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vietnamese Version<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.vmshow.denimsandjeans.com\/seminar\/English.pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vmshow.denimsandjeans.com\/seminar\/Vietnamese.pdf\">https:\/\/www.vmshow.denimsandjeans.com\/seminar\/Vietnamese.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HIGHLIGHTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vietnam Garment and Footwear Exports<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2015, total garment only exports from Vietnam estimated at $22.8 billion, of which Japan, US and EU (JUSE) account for $18.3 bllion (80%) :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exports to the US represent 49% of Vietnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s exports.<\/li>\n<li>EU represent 15% of Vietnam\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s garment exports .<\/li>\n<li>T-shirts, Jackets and Trousers account for 58% of garment exports .<\/li>\n<li>2015 Footwear exports were $ 11.9 billion. Exports to the US are 32 %, the EU 29% and Japan 7%.<\/li>\n<li>Footwear growth is also helped by migration from China. Vietnam offers a high skill \/ low cost alternative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">EVFTA -Qualifying For Tariff Reduction<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0 (FTA With EU)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Products must prove they are \u00e2\u20ac\u0153originating\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or have undergone specific levels of alteration within Vietnam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A list of examples of what doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t qualify can be found here <a href=\"http:\/\/wtocenter.vn\/content\/eu-vietnam-ftaunderstanding-rules-origin\">http:\/\/wtocenter.vn\/content\/eu-vietnam-ftaunderstanding-rules-origin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Many goods have sets procedures of the alteration required in order to be considered originating <a href=\"http:\/\/trade.ec.europa.eu\/doclib\/docs\/2016\/february\/tradoc_154206.pdf\">http:\/\/trade.ec.europa.eu\/doclib\/docs\/2016\/february\/tradoc_154206.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 For the complete text of the EVFTA and other Vietnam FTAs <a href=\"http:\/\/wtocenter.vn\/infocus\/vn-eu-fta\">http:\/\/wtocenter.vn\/infocus\/vn-eu-fta<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 For additional help on importing goods into the EU http:\/\/exporthelp.europa.eu\/thdapp\/index.htm<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Untitled\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Untitled_thumb.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"804\" height=\"621\" border=\"0\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Untitled 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Untitled-1_thumb.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"804\" height=\"624\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Untitled 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Untitled-2_thumb.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"804\" height=\"621\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Untitled 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Untitled-3_thumb.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"804\" height=\"621\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Untitled 4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Untitled-4_thumb.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"804\" height=\"621\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26785\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-1.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"832\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-1.png 1020w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-1-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-1-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 832px) 100vw, 832px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-2.png\" alt=\"Seminar By Will Watson | Denimsandjeans.com\" width=\"847\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-2.png 1021w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-2-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-2-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Bill-Watson-Presentation-FTA-2-768x454.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vietnam has entered into or is in the process of entering into various FTAs with different regions around the world . All these FTAs are giving a big edge to Vietnam to grow its apparel industry in the next few years. However, not much clarity is there on how these FTAs would function and what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":26788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[861],"tags":[1459,1403],"class_list":["post-26780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-denimsandjeans-com-vietnam","tag-vietnam-denim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.denimsandjeans.com\/recovery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}