Posachedwa, zidziwitso za boma zidawonetsa kuti pakati pazogulitsa zamapulasitiki zaku Vietnam, zogulitsa kunja ku EU zidakhala ndi 18.2% yazogulitsa zonse. Malinga ndi kuwunikaku, mgwirizano wa EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) womwe udayamba kugwira ntchito mu Ogasiti chaka chatha wabweretsa mipata yatsopano yolimbikitsira zogulitsa kunja ndi kugulitsa ndalama m'chipulasitiki.
Malinga ndi ziwerengero zochokera ku General Administration of Customs of Vietnam, mzaka zaposachedwa, zotumiza ku pulasitiki ku Vietnam zakula pafupifupi pachaka pafupifupi 14% mpaka 15%, ndipo pali misika yopitilira 150 yotumiza kunja. International Trade Center idanenanso kuti pakadali pano, zopangira pulasitiki za EU zili ndi mwayi pazogulitsidwa kunja, koma chifukwa (zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa kunja) sizikhala ndi ntchito zotsutsana ndi zotaya (4% mpaka 30%), zopangira pulasitiki ku Vietnam ndizabwino kuposa za Thailand, Zogulitsa zakumayiko ena monga China ndizopikisana kwambiri.
Mu 2019, Vietnam idalowa m'mapulogalamu 10 apamwamba apulasitiki kunja kwa dera la EU. Chaka chomwecho, katundu wochokera ku EU wochokera ku Vietnam adafika ku 930.6 miliyoni, kuwonjezeka kwa 5.2% pachaka, kuwerengera 0,4% yazogulitsa zonse zapulasitiki za EU. Malo opita kunja kwa zinthu zapulasitiki za EU ndi Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom ndi Belgium.
European and American Marketing Bureau of the Ministry of Viwanda and Commerce of Vietnam idatinso nthawi yomwe EVFTA idayamba mu Ogasiti 2020, misonkho (6.5%) yomwe imakhomedwa pazinthu zambiri zapulasitiki zaku Vietnam idachepetsedwa, ndipo dongosolo la msonkho silinachitike. Pofuna kusangalala ndi misonkho, otumiza ku Vietnamese akuyenera kutsatira malamulo ochokera ku EU, koma malamulo azoyambira omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito m'mapulasitiki ndi zinthu zapulasitiki amasintha, ndipo opanga amatha kugwiritsa ntchito 50% ya zinthuzo popanda kupereka satifiketi yoyambira. Pamene makampani apulasitiki aku Vietnam amadalirabe zogulitsa zakunja kwa zinthu zomwe agwiritsa ntchito, malamulo omwe atchulidwa pamwambapa atsogolera kutumizidwa kwa zinthu zapulasitiki ku EU. Pakadali pano, zinthu zakunyumba zaku Vietnam zimangokhala ndi 15% mpaka 30% ya zosowa zake.Choncho, mafakitale aku Vietnamese akuyenera kuitanitsa mamiliyoni matani a PE (polyethylene), PP (polypropylene) ndi PS (polystyrene) ndi zida zina.
Ofesiyi inanenanso kuti kugwiritsa ntchito kwa EU kwa PET (polyethylene terephthalate) kukulira kwa pulasitiki kukukulirakulira, zomwe ndizosavomerezeka pamakampani apulasitiki aku Vietnamese. Izi ndichifukwa choti zopangira zake zopangidwa ndi pulasitiki wamba zimakhalabe ndi gawo lalikulu la zogulitsa kunja.
Komabe, wogulitsa katundu wapulasitiki adati makampani ena apakhomo ayamba kupanga PET ndipo akukonzekera kutumiza kumisika yayikulu kuphatikiza European Union. Ngati ingakwaniritse zofunikira zaukadaulo za omwe akuitanitsa ku Europe, pulasitiki zamtengo wapatali zowonjezeranso zimatha kutumizidwa ku EU.
