Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development announced a series of good news to millions of farmers

After a working trip to China, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam announced a series of good news to millions of farmers growing avocado, passion fruit, poultry,... in our country.

More products are officially exported

Speaking to the press today (January 22) about the results of his recent working trip to China, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said that during the meetings, the two sides discussed and agreed on many issues related to the rural agriculture sector.

Mr. Nam said that when working with the General Department of Customs of China, the two sides agreed to complete and supplement some contents to sign 3 decrees: export of naturally exploited aquatic products; export of farmed crocodiles; export of farmed monkeys from Vietnam to China.

Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam informed about opening official export channels for many Vietnamese agricultural products to the Chinese market (Photo: Van Giang)

Regarding fruit and vegetable products, the host country agreed to open the market for more of Vietnam’s key fruits. In the near future, the completion of procedures will be accelerated and the market will be considered for Vietnamese avocados and passion fruit.

Or with livestock products, China agreed to consider the application for Vietnam to export poultry to this market.

“This is good news for avocado and passion fruit farmers and poultry farmers in our country,” Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam emphasized. According to him, avocado and passion fruit have large growing areas in our country, and opening up clean main export markets will help products have more stable output.

Similarly, our country has a total poultry herd of nearly 559 million. The total output of live poultry meat for the whole year is estimated at nearly 2.31 million tons; poultry egg output is 19.22 billion. Currently, the livestock industry has built disease-free areas, and exported products to a number of countries and territories.

China has a population of over 1.4 billion people, and consumer tastes are quite similar to those of the Vietnamese. Therefore, when the ban on poultry imports from Vietnam is lifted, this will be a potential market. Enterprises, farms, and poultry farming households in our country can boost production to export products to this market.

Deputy Minister informed about Chinese customers warning about the quality and appearance of Vietnamese durian. (Photo: Nguyen Hue )

Warning about the quality and appearance of Vietnamese fruits

In 2023, Vietnam's agricultural export turnover to the Chinese market will reach 12.2 billion USD, an increase of 17% compared to 2022. Accordingly, China officially surpassed the US to become the largest customer of Vietnamese agricultural exports.

Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam expects that Vietnam’s agricultural export turnover to China will grow strongly this year. This is because our country has many advantages to bring goods to this market.

He said that during the recent working trip, the authorities in the border areas of the two countries agreed to hold regular meetings to remove obstacles in the process of importing and exporting agricultural products.

In addition, when working with the Guangdong provincial government, businesses from both sides reached an agreement to build a logistics chain so that Vietnamese fruit products can penetrate deep into the Chinese market through wholesale markets in Guangdong.

The agricultural center in Shenzhen also reserved a large booth for Vietnamese OCOP products to display. They want to strengthen cooperation to bring rice, fruits and OCOP products of our country to this center, Mr. Nam said.

According to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam, after working at wholesale markets, he realized that our country's fruits have an advantage when entering the Chinese market, especially durian. The Chinese side highly appreciates Vietnamese durian. Our durian output is currently ranked first or second in this market.

However, they also warned that if they do not focus on product quality and design, Vietnamese durian will lose its potential. Because, in the near future, China will allow some countries to export durian to this market.

“I want to remind households and businesses to pay attention to the quality and appearance of durian when exporting to the Chinese market. When we met them, they complained to us that many products did not have production dates, and that the quality of some batches of durian was not guaranteed, which greatly affected the profits of Chinese traders,” he emphasized.

According to the Deputy Minister, the same is true for not only durian, but also other agricultural products. To stand firm in the Chinese market, farmers, cooperatives and businesses must ensure standards on quality, design and food safety. Along with that, we must reduce product costs by building a two-way logistics chain to compete better in this market of 1.4 billion people.

According to VietNamNet

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