Source: Vnbusiness.vn
From January 14 to January 20, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam led a delegation to work with Chinese authorities to strengthen cooperation and promote agricultural products between the two countries.
Talking to the deputy minister’s press Tran Thanh Nam said that when working with the General Department of Customs of China, the two sides agreed to complete and supplement a number of contents to sign 3 decrees: exporting naturally exploited seafood; export of farmed crocodiles; exporting farmed monkeys from Vietnam to China.
For fruit and vegetable products, the host country agrees to open more key Vietnamese fruits. In the future, we will speed up the progress of completing procedures and consider opening the market for Vietnamese avocados and passion fruits.
Or as with livestock products, the Chinese side agreed to review documents for Vietnam to export poultry to this market.
“This is good news for avocado and passion fruit farmers and poultry farmers in our country,” Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam emphasized. Because according to him, in our country avocado and passion fruit have large growing areas, opening up clean main export markets which will help the products have more stable output.
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China is accelerating the progress of completing import procedures for avocados and passion fruits from Vietnam. |
Similarly, our country has a total poultry herd of nearly 559 million. Total poultry meat output for the whole year is estimated at nearly 2.31 million tons; Poultry egg output reached 19.22 billion eggs. Currently, the livestock industry has built disease-free zones and exported products to a number of countries and territories.
According to statistics from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export value reached 5.6 billion USD, an increase of 66.7% compared to 2022. In the structure of the fruit and vegetable export market, China China is always Vietnam’s largest market, with a proportion of 65% of total export value.
It is forecasted that in 2024, if China agrees to officially import frozen durian, the export value of durian will increase even more strongly. Currently, the Vietnamese and Chinese authorities have completed technical negotiations to sign a protocol to export frozen durian and fresh coconut to China, and will then agree and sign. Protocol.
Export of fruits and vegetables to the Chinese market recorded a high growth rate thanks to a number of Protocols signed with China in 2022. As for durian products, China purchases up to 90% of exported durians. Vietnam’s exports, of which export value has skyrocketed from 188.1 million USD in 2022 to 2.1 billion USD in 2023.
To date, Vietnam has 14 agricultural products officially exported to China, including: Bird’s nest and products from bird’s nest, sweet potatoes, dragon fruit, longan, rambutan, mango, jackfruit, watermelon, banana, mangosteen, black jelly, lychee, passion fruit and durian.
Although China has and is about to sign more protocols for many Vietnamese agricultural products, the challenge for domestic businesses and farmers is to comply with growing areas, packaging facilities, food hygiene and safety. products, plant quarantine, meeting all technical barriers… If only one of these standards is not met, the goods will not be cleared, which will be a minus point for Vietnamese goods.
“However, your side warns that if our durian industry does not focus on product quality and design, it will lose its potential. Because in the near future, it is likely that your side will allow some other countries to export durian to China. Therefore, durian farming households and exporting businesses need to pay attention to ensuring the quality, design and origin of goods when exporting to China, so that Vietnamese durian can stand firmly in the market. this market”, Deputy Minister Nam emphasized.
From a business perspective, Mr. Nguyen Khac Tien – Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company commented that 2023 is the year to kick off Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports. Because Vietnam still has a lot of export potential with many products waiting to be opened.
Mr. Tien said that the opportunity to export vegetables and fruits to the Chinese market is continuing to expand when recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnam) and the General Department of Customs (China) signed a Protocol on inspection requirements. Plant pest control for fresh watermelon exported from Vietnam to China. The Protocol is a step to promote the official export of this traditional agricultural product of Vietnam. In order for Vietnamese fruits and vegetables to continue to penetrate deep into the markets, it is necessary to improve business management, production processes, coordination in the link chain… the industries have learned lessons and next year may have can dominate the market.
To create momentum for businesses to seize opportunities to expand market share, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, support from relevant authorities and Vietnam Trade Offices abroad is needed to promote trade promotion activities. trade, expanding export markets, especially official exports. At the same time, strengthen propaganda to guide producers and businesses to improve the quality of fruit and vegetable production through GAP agricultural practices and good agriculture to meet technical standards, especially chemical residues in products. products from import markets.
