The open lanes and the origin discipline
The EU–Vietnam free trade agreement runs most industrial lines tariff-free with the remainder phasing down on schedule — and the preference lives or dies on origin rules: qualifying content, the documentation per consignment, supply chains structured so the paperwork tells the truth. Factories that treat origin as production discipline rather than export admin keep their preferences through every audit.
The compliance hats
Electronics, furniture, textiles, footwear — each lane carries its file: CE and substances where they apply, labelling per market, the producer duties for waste streams: the importer’s duties and the wider file. Timber-adjacent lines meet the deforestation due-diligence rules — the data pipe to build now.
From exporter to seller
The Dutch BV flips the model: containers landing under article 23 (the lever), EU stock fulfilling next-day, marketplace and retail contracts signed by an EU counterparty: that chapter and the commerce stack. Brand lines add the IP kit before the copycats file first: that page. Formation to first container: weeks, remote: the route.