Agricultural products face challenges when entering Chinese market
VOV.VN - Vietnamese agricultural exports to China are anticipated to face numerous difficulties due to the northern neighbour applying new stricter policies on Vietnamese farm produce starting from January 1, 2022, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
August alone saw fruit and vegetable exports to the Chinese market plunge due to the temporary suspension of the import of dragon fruit from the country at both the Hekou and Thien Bao border gates following fears relating to detecting COVID-19 on packaging.
Moving forward, China is therefore expected to apply new stricter policies for agricultural exports from the Vietnamese market, with new regulations on food safety being implemented from January 1, 2022.
Ngo Xuan Nam, deputy director of the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam Office), has submitted a project aimed at improving the capacity of implementing SBS measures to the Prime Minister and relevant agencies for approval, particularly as the country has joined new-generation free trade agreements.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Development is expected to submit this project to the Prime Minister for promulgation later this year so that local businesses can adapt to the changes in SPS measures in export markets, thereby helping promote Vietnamese agricultural-forestry-fisheries exports in the near future.
Currently, the country has nine types of fresh fruits officially exported to the Chinese market, including mangoes, dragon fruit, bananas, longans, lychees, watermelons, rambutan, jackfruit, and mangosteen.
The export value of fruit and vegetables during the eight months of the year to the Chinese market surged by 9.3% to US$1.4 billion against the same period from last year.
