Source: Vietnambiz.vn
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Costs up, profits down
The Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) said that from August 18, China changed the process of goods delivery and receipt at Tan Thanh border gate.
Accordingly, China does not allow Vietnamese drivers and shippers to bring their trucks to your country and must deliver them to Chinese drivers to take them to the place of delivery. After running out of goods on the car, the driver of your country did not go to the parking lot to return it.
On the first day of re-clearance, Tan Thanh border gate had 115 cargo trucks, 67 trucks carrying dragon fruits from Vietnam to China were cleared. Inventories on the Chinese side are 597 vehicles, while on the Vietnamese side, there are 290 vehicles, according to the report Youth.
Discussing with the writer, Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen, General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association (Vinafruit), said that in the context of the complicated development of the COVID-19 epidemic, China has introduced regulations on the delivery of goods that are somewhat complicated. being stricter than before is understandable.
However, these regulations also cause businesses to bear more costs incurred due to slow customs clearance, depending on Chinese drivers. The number of trucks that can be cleared by customs can be reduced by one-third compared to before the new regulations.
“In the past, fruit trucks from the South to Tan Thanh border gate only needed 3 days to get customs clearance, now the car has to wait 7-10 days for delivery and turn around. Enterprises have to pay an additional 7-10 million for the customs clearance. warehousing costs, living expenses, testing for drivers, petrol…
The delivery contract from South to North has reached the milestone of VND 50 million/trip, an increase of VND 10 million/trip compared to before China introduced new delivery regulations. Not to mention the costs of hiring Chinese drivers and other services,” Nguyen said.
In addition, the fruits have to wait for a dozen days in the car to reach the destination in China, the fruit preservation technology is not good, affecting the quality of agricultural products, and the profits of businesses are lost.
Adverse factors make businesses no longer excited to bring goods to China. However, businesses have no other way, suffer losses and also have to export goods to keep the market away because China imports 60-70% of Vietnam’s fruit.
Facing the difficulties of businesses, Vinafruit’s representative suggested that the Economic Management Board of Dong Dang border gate (Lang Son) soon negotiate and agree with the Chinese side on regulations on goods delivery and receipt, reducing damage to businesses. .
At the same time, it is proposed that enterprises at the border gate reduce the cost of warehousing, cold storage … for enterprises exporting through Tan Thanh border gate.
Risk of lack of fruit for export next season
Consumption of agricultural products and fruits not only causes traffic jams in the Chinese market, even the domestic market is facing difficulties when localities apply Directive 16, inter-provincial traffic is not smooth, wholesale markets are not satisfied. closed series.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, currently some fruits are in the harvest season, but some traders have stopped purchasing, means of transportation have decreased, and costs have increased, making fruit prices low.
Specifically, the price of white dragon fruit in Binh Thuan, Long An and Tien Giang provinces is only 2,000 – 3,000 VND/kg, red flesh dragon fruit is 3,000 – 5,000 VND/kg.
The price of Eldor longan in the garden is 8,000 – 10,000 VND/kg; Longan with golden rice is 10,000 – 15,000 VND/kg, down 50% compared to the previous year. Lemon prices in Long An and Dong Thap are also very low, only 1,500-2,000 VND/kg.
Mr. Nguyen said that with the current selling price, farmers are not profitable, those who invest in highly intensive farming even suffer losses and are at risk of debt burden.
Farmers tend to let plants self-fertilize to see where the COVID-19 situation will go. Even the owners of quality fruit orchards VietGAP, Global GAP also feed the trees “hungry” because the cost of organic fertilizer and microorganism increases, profits decrease.
“If this situation repeats, the fruit of the next crop may be reduced in both output and quality, lack of selected goods for export, enterprises will have a hard time finding raw materials,” warned Mr. Nguyen.
In a short time, Vietnam will not lose its export market but will create opportunities for competitors to rise up, increase market share, and reduce the competitiveness of Vietnamese fruit.
