The tightening of traceability for Vietnamese agricultural products is a warning when not only the Chinese market but also other markets in the world have placed increasing demands on Vietnamese goods.
China is no longer an easy market for Vietnamese agricultural products
According to data from the General Department of Customs, in the first 9 months of 2019, agricultural exports with vegetables, cashews, pepper, tea, coffee, rice, cassava and cassava and rubber products, reached 12.54 billion USD, down 7.9% compared to the same period in 2018. The main import market of our country is China with a value of 4.25 billion USD, down 10.6% compared to the previous year. same period last year. Specifically, fruits and vegetables exported to the Chinese market decreased by 13.5% over the same period in 2018, reaching only US $ 1.9 billion. The decrease of agricultural products exported to China has shown that this market has many changes.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Kien, Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee
Commenting on the recent changes in the Chinese market, Nguyen Duc Kien, Deputy Chairman of the Economic Committee, said that the transition of China's import policy is indispensable, this is a trend. development of an economy when they have exceeded the income threshold of USD 10,000 per person.
According to Mr. Kien, in the past time, basically only large enterprises with economic potential, capable of analyzing new markets have approached and successfully approached the Chinese market. As for businesses still proud of the production method of farmers' households and retailers, it is very difficult to enter the Chinese market.
Mr. Kien gave an example, in Soc Trang – a province in the Mekong Delta has many products such as shrimp, basa fish, rice for export. However, all three items do not have a farmer in the province can directly export to markets, but all must participate in the chain of links headed by a processing enterprise to export.
Therefore, Mr. Kien emphasized, businesses must re-recognize themselves, re-recognize the market we are oriented to, then have changes. It is worth noting that these changes will eliminate a series of farmers when they are indifferent to production, when they do not have the will to rise, the market will eliminate.
Traceability is the indispensable requirement
Sharing the same opinion, Ms. Mai Thi Anh Tuyet, Member of the National Assembly's Economic Committee, said: Previously, we thought that the Chinese market was easy-going but only in the first 9 months, export turnover of agricultural products has decreased. when China tightened its traceability standards. The tightening of these standards is also a warning to Vietnam, when not only the Chinese market but also other markets are imposed on our goods.
“Tightening” the traceability of Vietnamese agricultural products is an indispensable requirement of the market
Since then, Ms. Anh Tuyet said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development must inform farmers about standards and techniques of each type to meet the requirements of the markets. The role of the State is very important, as a platform to raise awareness for producers and businesses implementing the link chains. However, up to now, such linkage has not had a policy, so it has been left open. We have not yet created the role of businesses associated with farmers. So in fact, businesses see where is better, cheaper then buy.
Besides, our policies are quite spread out, need to be re-evaluated when exporting to fastidious markets, which stage is crucial and must focus on supporting. Therefore, it is necessary to have a real life policy to contribute positively to the issue of exports to China in particular and other markets in general in the near future.
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Source: VietQ
