Although frozen durian products boast huge export potential, enterprises face some major challenges in food safety requirements, packaging and origin traceability.
Specifically, Việt Nam exported 35,000 tonnes of durian to China during the period, valued at nearly US$1.77 million. China imported a total of 48,000 tonnes of durian worth some $2.56 million through the Youyi Guan border gate.
Việt Nam has more opportunities to boost fruit and vegetable exports to China this year due to signing more protocols to permit official exports of fruits and vegetables to this neighbouring market.
After a period of stagnation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many farm produce of Vietnam have recorded speedy growth in export to China so far this year and the shipments are predicted to keep increasing in the time ahead.
Vasep said that lobster was being exported to China mainly via unofficial channels, which posed many risks, including price fluctuations and changes in import policies.
Farmers have been warned not to massively expand cultivation areas for durian and dragon fruit after prices for the fruits surged, instead they should focus on improving quality standards to boost exports to China.
Vietnamese seafood exports to China are expected to boom after China opens its borders and lifts all isolation measures to prevent the COVID-19 pandemic this month.
Banana farms must have growing area code and follow Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) standards while packaging facilities are required to build an origin tracing system to ensure food safety standards before export to China.
Viet Nam’s fruit container trucks have been allowed custom clearance through China earlier than expected despite China''s original plan to cease custom clearance for a week for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Tran Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), shared his views on the Economic Focus programme on Vietnam News Agency Television.
Viet Nam''s agricultural sector gained strong growth in the export of many kinds of fruit to China in the first five months of 2021, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Viet Nam Flour Corporation has d new food products made from wheat flour and farm produce such as dragon fruit and watermelon amid a reduction in fruit exports to China.
Since the novel coronavirus (Covid-2019) epidemic will surely affect exports to China, diversifying markets is an urgent requirement for Vietnamese rice exporters.