Before the Government''s Decree No. 108/2017/NĐ-CP on fertiliser management issued in September 2017, businesses self-proclaimed quality and standards on packages and were responsible for the declared information.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will inspect adherence to inorganic fertiliser production regulations at production and processing enterprises.
There’s no evidence showing that fertiliser imports have damaged local fertilser products to apply trade defence measures for the imports, according to a report by the Viet Nam Competition Authority (VCA) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Fertiliser stocks which suffered a dismal 2016 are expected to rebound this year given long-term rising demand as well as global price hikes, according to industry estimates.
State offices should take strong action against counterfeit and shoddy
fertiliser producers, experts said at a conference on the restructuring
of the local fertiliser production in Ha Noi yesterday.
Many businesses involved in fertiliser production and trading complain
that they face difficulties in obtaining a Certificate of Conformity for
their products as required under Decree No 202/2013/ND-CP that took
effect in February last year.