On June 6, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hoang Trung received and worked with Mr. Trieu Tang Lien, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs of the People’s Republic of China on promoting agricultural products between the two countries through Decrees new mail.
Talking at the meeting, Deputy Minister Hoang Trung expressed his gratitude to the working group of the General Department of Customs of China for taking the time to discuss with agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Deputy Minister said: “Over the past years, the cooperative relationship between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Department of Customs of China has been continuously strengthened and brought into reality. In particular, during the complicated period of the Covid-19 pandemic, the two sides have closely coordinated and handled flexibly to ensure that trade in agricultural, forestry and fishery products between the two countries is not disrupted.”
Accordingly, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Administration of Customs of China have flexibly applied online assessment measures and signed indirect protocols to open the market for black jelly, bird’s nest, and durian products. Particularly, dragon fruit…
In 2023, trade turnover of AFF products between Vietnam and China will reach 15.53 billion USD. Of which, exports reach 12.1 billion USD (up 16.4% compared to 2022), imports reach 3.4 billion USD (down 9.7% compared to 2022).
In the first 5 months of 2024, AFF import-export turnover between the two countries reached 6.2 billion USD (up 2.9% over the same period in 2023). Of which, Vietnam’s exports to the Chinese market are estimated to reach 4.6 billion USD (up 8.6% over the same period in 2023), imports are estimated at 1.6 USD (up 31.5% over the same period in 2023). period 2023).
Deputy Minister Hoang Trung expressed his gratitude for the support of the General Department of Customs of China in recent times. Photo: Quynh Chi.
With a population of more than 1.4 billion people and a growing middle class, China is a large market for many high-quality AFF products. However, the market share of Vietnamese agricultural products here is still relatively small, accounting for less than 5% of China’s total import value of this product group. This is also an opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to increase their market share of high-quality AFF products in the Chinese market.
At the meeting, the two leaders agreed to promote cooperation in the field of agricultural trade and market opening in the coming time.
Accordingly, the two sides will soon complete procedures to sign the Protocol on plant quarantine requirements for Vietnamese fresh coconuts and frozen durians exported to China. For passion fruit and chili products that have been piloted for export by both sides, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Department of Customs of China will promote the completion of procedures to soon be able to sign these two documents.
The two countries will coordinate to complete the Protocol on exporting crocodiles, raw bird’s nests, poultry and exploited aquatic products from Vietnam to China.
![dua-huu-co-2-141937_347.jpg Vietnam and China have initialed the negotiation of the Phytosanitary Requirements Protocol for fresh coconut exports from Vietnam to China. Illustration.](https://i.ex-cdn.com/nongnghiep.vn/files/content/2024/06/06/dua-huu-co-2-141937_347-145359.jpg)
Vietnam and China have initialed the negotiation of the Phytosanitary Requirements Protocol for fresh coconut exports from Vietnam to China. Illustration.
According to Deputy Director General Trieu Tang Lien, the Chinese side will assign technical agencies to review and soon process agricultural and aquatic product export registration dossiers of Vietnamese enterprises to China to create favorable conditions for trade cooperation in AFF products.
Along with that, the two sides have reached a consensus on a plan to remove difficulties and obstacles facing Chinese sturgeon exported to Vietnam. Accordingly, the Chinese side will support the Vietnamese side to strengthen its capacity to assess sturgeon species.
At the talks, Deputy Minister Hoang Trung and Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs of China Trieu Tang Lien signed the Protocol on quarantine requirements for monkeys exported from Vietnam to China.
The two leaders also witnessed the initial signing of negotiations on the Protocol on Plant Quarantine Requirements for fresh coconut exports from Vietnam to China.
![viet-nam-central-quoc-thuc-day-xuat-nong-san-qua-nghi-dinh-thu-moi-142249_158.jpg Deputy Minister Hoang Trung and Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs of China Trieu Tang Lien signed the Protocol on quarantine requirements for monkeys exported from Vietnam to China. Photo: Quynh Chi.](https://i.ex-cdn.com/nongnghiep.vn/files/content/2024/06/06/viet-nam-trung-quoc-thuc-day-xuat-khau-nong-san-qua-nghi-dinh-thu-moi-142249_158-145400.jpg)
Deputy Minister Hoang Trung and Deputy Director General of the General Department of Customs of China Trieu Tang Lien signed the Protocol on quarantine requirements for monkeys exported from Vietnam to China. Photo: Quynh Chi.
Over the past 2 years, in an effort to promote the opening of the market for fresh coconuts, the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) has discussed in depth with Chinese specialized agencies on technical issues related to fresh coconuts. relating to pest management, fruit quality and safety management measures, as well as product packaging.
According to Director of the Plant Protection Department Huynh Tan Dat, up to now, the two sides have reached a technical agreement and signed the Protocol.
“Promoting the signing of the protocol on fresh coconuts is one of the innovations China creates for Vietnam. This proves the two reached consensus. On that basis, in the process of implementing trade and export techniques, we will continue to improve legal issues to sign at the commercial decree level in the near future,” the Director said.
Currently, many Vietnamese AFF products are exported to China. This includes 12 fruit and vegetable items (watermelon, mangosteen, black jelly, durian, fresh banana, sweet potato, dragon fruit, rambutan, mango, lychee, longan, jackfruit); bird’s nest, fish meal and a number of products serving the production and processing of animal feed; Dairy and seafood products of all kinds.
According to Nongnghiep.vn