.jpg "The root cause of a series of Vietnamese fruit shipments was yoke at Tan Thanh border gate area")
Unclear origin and “hitting the market”
Talking privately with the writer on the sidelines of the seminar on Export of Vegetables – Flowers – Fruits – New movements from the Asian market took place on the morning of October 24, Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen – General Secretary of the Vegetable – Root Association – Fruit of Vietnam said the underlying cause is:
“Many Vietnamese enterprises lack goods to deliver to customers in China, so they should import Thai rambutan to 'fill' in export shipments or they will be subject to contract penalties.”
General Secretary of Vietnam Vegetable and Fruit Association added that not only China but also in many other markets, businesses also imported Thai goods to compensate for the shortage of supply to meet orders in the case. Because Vietnamese and Thai fruits are quite similar.
Besides, some consignments are on one side but the packaging shows a different path, so Chinese Customs is forced to unload each truck to check.
Because of these errors, China has increased control over Vietnam's rambutan shipments, which made customs clearance longer.
For shipments of dragon fruits, Mr. Nguyen said that due to the overlapping seasons of Vietnam and China, there was a “market crash” situation. This has led to the Chinese Customs have technical measures to slow shipments of dragon fruit.
“Vietnam's dragon fruit crop lasts from May to November, coinciding with the time of the dragon fruit crop in China's border provinces. Meanwhile, most of Vietnam's dragon fruits are sold to these provinces. of your country, “said Nguyen.
Need to penetrate deeper into the Chinese domestic market
To overcome this situation, Vietnamese enterprises need to increase their participation in vegetable – root – fruit trade fairs to connect with Chinese enterprises in the North. This helps Vietnamese dragon fruits penetrate deeper into inland China instead of border provinces.
“In fact, there have been enterprises exporting dragon fruits to the Northern provinces of China by sea, the cost is not too high, but it also avoids the” market crash “when the dragon fruit season comes.
However, unfortunately, not many businesses know about this, “Nguyen said.
At the same time, Vietnamese dragon fruit has better quality than Chinese dragon fruit, especially red flesh dragon fruit, so consumers are very popular.
In addition, farmers should plant crops from November to May with technical methods. This is a time when China cannot grow dragon fruit.
Talking to the press, Mr. Le Thanh Hoa, Deputy Director of Vietnam Agricultural Product Processing and Market Development Department, said that the Vietnam Customs Department had worked with Bang Tuong Customs Department (China) and they agreed to pull. The customs clearance time was long until 22:00, so it has basically solved the situation of yoke and yoke.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has recently proposed that Chinese Customs open a separate clearance route for dragon fruits similar to litchi fruit.
