Vietnamese durian exported to EU is under control

Statistics from the Vietnam SPS Office show that in the last 6 months of 2023, Vietnam had 3 durian shipments violating EU regulations. Therefore, the EU has put them under control with a frequency of 10%.

This is the first time that Vietnamese durian exported to the EU has been subject to chemical residue testing at the border gate with a frequency of 10%.

Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam - Deputy Director of the National Information and Enquiry Point on Hygiene, Epidemiology and Animal and Plant Quarantine of Vietnam (Vietnam SPS Office) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that according to EU regulations, every 6 months, the European Parliament will meet with relevant parties to increase or decrease the frequency of border inspections for agricultural products, food, and animal feed of third countries when importing goods into the EU market. This is an EU regulation and is applied regularly.

Based on the export data of third countries to the EU, if there is a violation, the EU will put it in Annex 1 (border control) or increase the inspection frequency by 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% or even up to 75%, or switch to Annex 2 (the annex requires a certificate of sample analysis results before importing into the EU).

Alternatively, the EU could remove the border checks and also not require food safety certificates or sample analysis results before importing into the EU if the goods are of guaranteed quality. All third countries exporting goods to the EU must comply with this regulation.

According to Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam, regarding the latest notice of the European Commission sent to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO), this is a notice of the European Commission sent to the Secretariat of the WTO to widely notify all WTO members to comply, not a warning of the EU against agricultural products of countries when imported into the EU.

Regarding this announcement, Vietnam has 5 items subject to EU control when imported into this market. In Appendix 1, for items subject to border inspection frequency, there are: Bell peppers with a border inspection frequency of 50%; instant noodles with a border inspection frequency of 20%. These two items were also regulated in 2023. In 2024, this announcement remains the same according to the old regulations. In this Appendix 1, durian is added with an inspection frequency of 10%.

According to statistics from the Vietnam SPS Office, in the last 6 months of 2023, Vietnam had 3 durian shipments that violated EU regulations. Therefore, the EU has put them under control with a frequency of 10%.

Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam said that the increased control over durian this time will not affect the products much because in agricultural trade, border control over all agricultural products is completely normal.

Even in Vietnam, when we import agricultural products and food, we will also control them according to Vietnamese law.

Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam said that businesses need to pay attention to international rules, especially with the EU market. Because not only durian but all agricultural products and food of Vietnam when exported to other countries must pay attention to comply with regulations on food safety and disease safety. Avoid being put on the control list, increase the frequency of border control.

According to the General Department of Customs, as of November 2023, Vietnam's durian exports reached nearly 2.2 billion USD, an increase of 4.8 times over the same period in 2022. Besides China, Vietnam's durian exports to the EU increased the most.

Specifically, fresh durian exports to the Czech Republic increased by more than 28,000%, ranking 4th among the countries importing the most durian from Vietnam. In addition, exports to France increased by 32%.

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