The quality of Vietnamese agricultural products is positively evaluated by Moroccan consumers and other countries in the region.
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Agriculture, forestry and fisheries are important exports of Vietnam to Morocco. In particular, agricultural products contribute approximately 60% of Vietnam’s total exports to the country, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Morocco.
The potential to export agricultural products to Morocco is still very large because the demand for agricultural products in general and for processed agricultural products in particular is quite stable.
Meanwhile, the quality of Vietnam’s agricultural products is positively assessed by Moroccan consumers and other countries in the region.
Recently, Vietnamese agricultural products had to compete very fiercely with other countries, especially agricultural products from China, Indonesia and India.
For the goods that our country has production advantages like cashew nuts, the competitiveness is quite good. However, for the goods that have many countries to produce such as rice, pepper, cinnamon, anise …, not all Vietnamese deals are dominant because our products are not price competitive even though their quality is not inferior. , even higher.
For example, rice products of Vietnam always offer about 560 USD / ton, while India only offers about 510 – 520 USD / ton. The reason is that our country has few rice-making factories, the output is very small, the scale is small and the production cost is higher than that of India.
Difficulties and challenges when exporting agricultural and aquatic products to Moroccan market and some neighboring markets, such as the trend of protection of agricultural products in Morocco and some high markets due to Your development also focuses on boosting agricultural production.
Besides, the tax rate on imported goods in general and agricultural and aquatic products in particular is very high, with some items up to 65%, excluding fees.
Quarantine regulations are quite tight, interwoven with the custom of “quick and slow” of the concerned units.
Quota is still applied to some agricultural products as a popular non-tariff measure.
Moroccan customs clearance regulations still tend to protect the importer, and inadvertently make it difficult for exporters.
In addition, the problem of payment in general or the problem with the custom of using payment methods that are beneficial to the importer and passive for foreign exporters.
Sometimes there are still cases of fraud, taking goods without payment from import partners …
According to the deal, in the coming time, Vietnam’s agricultural and fishery exports to Morocco and some experimental markets are expected to grow and flourish as Morocco and the region have just experienced a price crisis during 2018. .
The situation has improved since September 2018. With current market signals, in 2019, Vietnam’s agricultural and fishery exports to Morocco and some regional markets have made positive progress, significantly contributing to the overall merchandise export turnover to this market. .
In particular, processed agricultural products in general, food and spices will continue to play the leading role in Vietnam’s agricultural and fishery exports.
According to VietnamBiz
