Exporting Vietnamese chili must take a detour

On July 26, at the seminar “Improving competitiveness, promoting the export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products” organized by Customs Magazine in Ho Chi Minh City, a representative of an enterprise in Binh Duong specialized in exporting chili and potatoes Lang said that around September 2019, this enterprise could not officially export chili to the Malaysian market, but had to go by unofficial route, through a third country, Thailand.

“Going through the border gate is very expensive, moreover, when passing through a third country, Vietnamese goods must carry a Thai label to enter Malaysia. The reason given by Malaysia is that Vietnamese chili products have residues of pesticides. This not only makes it difficult for exporters, but also chili farmers, “- this information.

Mr. Phan Minh Thong, General Director of Phuc Sinh Joint Stock Company, said that he is facing difficulties when applying for a C/O (certificate of origin) form B without tax incentives for cashew products. According to Mr. Thong, to apply for a C/O form B, it only needs to meet one of three criteria, which is CTSH (conversion code of goods), LVC (percentage of value) or WO (pure origin). ). In which, the criteria of CTSH and LVC are easy and there is initiative from enterprises, while the criteria of WO are passive from suppliers.

However, most Vietnamese enterprises when applying for C/O form B use WO criteria, making it difficult to check and trace the origin. Moreover, on C/O form B, there is no WO criteria. Therefore, for the two criteria CTSH and LVC, the enterprise statement sent to VCCI is just redundant documents. “We hope that the General Department of Customs and state management agencies will understand, support and guide businesses, promote production and export more freely,” said Mr. Thong.

Besides, many enterprises in the field of production and export of agriculture, forestry and fishery also said that they have been facing many difficulties and great challenges. That is high inflation in many export markets, the influence of the Russia-Ukraine war… causing the price of raw materials, input materials, logistics costs to increase sharply, which directly affects the export prices of goods. In particular, the situation of agricultural and aquatic products congested at some northern border gates in recent years has also reduced the industry’s performance.

Respond to requests from the root

Ms. Bui Hoang Yen, representative of the Trade Promotion Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), said that enterprises need to immediately update regulations and production processes, especially in the raw material area to meet market requirements. “Regarding Malaysia’s suspension of chili imports from Vietnam, the product is contaminated with pesticide residues. In some cases, agricultural products tested in Vietnam passed, but when they went to Europe to test again, the drug residues exceeded. Therefore, enterprises must actively renovate the raw material area, meeting the requirements from the source; At the same time, improve machinery and modern equipment,” noted Ms. Yen.

Deputy Director of the Department of Supervision and Management, General Department of Customs, Mr. Dao Xuan Tam recommended that enterprises should improve the quality of agricultural products in the direction of meeting the conditions and standards of importing countries; diversify customers and export markets for agricultural products to avoid dependence; complete customs procedures early so that when the goods are brought to the border gate, they do not have to wait, preserve and wait for export.