In the first 9 months of 2025, the number of warnings from the EU on Vietnam's agricultural exports will decrease by 50%.

(CT) - At the conference "Update regulations and commitments on food safety and animal and plant quarantine (SPS) in the EVFTA and UKVFTA" held in Lam Dong province on October 30, the Vietnam SPS Office (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) said that Vietnam currently has only 4 products on the border control list, including: durian (inspection frequency 20%); okra and bell peppers (50% with certificate); dragon fruit (30%). Compared to many countries, this is a remarkable achievement. Notably, in the first 9 months of 2025, the number of warnings from the EU on Vietnam's agricultural exports decreased by about 50% compared to the same period last year.

Processing fruit for export to the Dutch market at The Fruit Republic Can Tho Company Limited.

According to the Vietnam SPS Office, after more than 5 years of implementing the EVFTA, agricultural trade between Vietnam and the EU has achieved many positive results, increasing added value and consolidating the position of Vietnamese agricultural products in the international market. For the UK market, after 4 years of implementing the Vietnam - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), Vietnam's agricultural and food products exported to this market have maintained an average growth rate of about 10% per year.

However, Vietnamese agricultural products still face many challenges, especially in relation to food safety and disease control. According to SPS statistics, each year, Vietnam receives about 1,000 notifications from markets belonging to 166 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Of these, the EU and the UK are the two markets with the highest number of changes in food safety and quarantine regulations. For the EU market, regulations on maximum residue levels of pesticides and antibiotics change frequently. Some active ingredients are allowed to increase, while others are reduced. An important feature is that the EU specifies the maximum residue levels for each product and each industry.

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