Positive signals
Information from the People’s Committee of Lang Son province, in recent days, the number of trucks still stuck at border gates in the province has decreased much, as of the morning of March 31, there were only about 1,200 vehicles.
According to Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Lang Son province, Doan Thu Ha, after a lot of exchange and negotiation efforts, the two sides have agreed on a new method of delivery and receipt of goods at the Tan Thanh – Po Chai border gate. Specifically, at Tan Thanh border gate, a dedicated Vietnamese driver controls a fixed tractor to pull the container to a designated location at the Chinese side yard and then cut the container left behind; The Chinese side then connects the container and transports it for inspection, delivery and then takes the empty container to the designated place.
It is expected that each turn will pull 30-40 containers of goods to China; Customs clearance capacity is expected to reach 150-200 vehicles/day, 4-5 times higher than the old method.
“From March 16 to now, the volume of goods exported through this border gate regularly reaches over 70 vehicles per day, peaking on March 21, reaching 91 vehicles. This is a positive sign, showing the clear effectiveness of the new delivery method,” said Ms. Doan Thu Ha.
Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) Tran Thanh Hai said that the reason why the number of trucks congested at the northern border gates has decreased is because businesses have limited bringing goods to the border gate and are well aware. the need to change the shipping method, delivery method. In order to support businesses, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has coordinated with the Ministry of Transport to guide businesses to change the method of delivery and receipt of goods, and take advantage of other modes besides road such as railway and sea.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is also coordinating with associations and localities to organize training for enterprises on exporting agricultural products in general and exporting agricultural products to China in particular. Including the compilation of documents to guide enterprises to find markets and customers, things to note when participating in export activities, including official and minor quotas.
In this regard, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said that previously, the Ministry had drafted and submitted to the Prime Minister a scheme on transferring border trade activities from small-traffic to official-quota. Simultaneously, the Ministry has closely coordinated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in promoting negotiations with China to increase the number of official export fruit products in the coming time.
Promoting consumption of agricultural products on digital platforms
Proactive in solutions to consuming agricultural products, the Ministry of Industry and Trade is coordinating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and localities where agricultural products are in season to support the connection between domestic product consumption and export.
Deputy Director of the Trade Promotion Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) Hoang Minh Chien said that the Ministry of Industry and Trade has implemented a series of consumption connection activities such as a conference to connect product consumption with foreign markets according to the regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. face-to-face and online forms; trade conference of specific commodity groups with potential markets; organize exhibitions for agricultural products. In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has implemented many support programs to bring agricultural products into the modern distribution system and supermarket system.
In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also provides technical support to improve the capacity of farmers, focusing on promoting the application of traceability of the farming and fertilization process to improve product quality, affirming determining the reputation of agricultural products; organize training courses to improve retail sales skills for farmers and cooperatives such as livestream and online sales.
Notably, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has assigned the Trade Promotion Department to develop a map of Vietnam’s agricultural products. The formation of the map will provide official information, introduce potential customers for agricultural products in each locality; Through the direct environment, customers can directly connect each locality, cooperative, and farming household.
Sharing about solutions to support farmers and agricultural pepper enterprises, Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai said that digital application, online sales, and sales through trading floors are an inevitable trend at the moment. and in the future. Therefore, the Ministry has actively signed cooperation with big partners such as Amazon Global Selling, Alibaba.com to help enterprises increase export volume, increase revenue as well as promote Vietnamese products.
Currently, the Prime Minister has approved the “Project on accelerating the application of information technology and digital transformation in trade promotion activities in the period of 2020 – 2030”, so in the coming time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade will coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to actively deploy digital applications and digital platforms in supporting and connecting the consumption of agricultural products of farmers.
According to Kinhtedothi.vn
