Export of agricultural and aquatic products to China: Need to coordinate to build an overall strategy

On 11/11/2021, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize the Seminar "Promoting the export of agricultural and aquatic products to China" in the form of direct cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. online. At the seminar, the delegates discussed solutions to promote agricultural and fishery exports to China in the context of deepening relations between the two countries, the recovery of China's economy, the needs of the two countries. China's import of high-quality agricultural products has increased, thereby contributing to the recovery and supporting domestic agricultural and aquatic export industries to overcome difficulties caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Seminar "Promoting agricultural and fishery exports to China" jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

Vietnam's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to China Pham Sao Mai said that the relationship between Vietnam and China has developed well, the strong recovery of the Chinese economy and China's policy to increase agricultural imports have been confirmed. products ... are the basic advantages for Vietnam to further promote exports in the coming time. However, China's quality requirements and technical barriers to agricultural and aquatic products are increasingly high, requiring businesses to quickly innovate quality and production methods.

At the seminar, the heads of Vietnamese representative missions abroad also shared and made many suggestions to advise ministries, branches, localities and domestic enterprises to boost the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the market. In the Chinese market, such as promoting direct connection with China's distribution system, speeding up negotiations on the Open Door Protocol, increasing and diversifying key export products, etc.

From the perspective of localities, businesses, representatives of Lang Son, Quang Ninh, Dong Thap provinces and some typical enterprises have clearly stated the situation of exporting agricultural and aquatic products to China, some difficulties and challenges. At the same time, they made specific proposals and "orders" for Vietnamese ministries, branches and representative agencies abroad such as promoting China to open its market, facilitating customs clearance, and setting up customs clearance. establish a regular information exchange mechanism between the two countries in order to regularly and promptly remove difficulties...

Participating in the seminar were leaders of the People's Committees and departments, departments and branches of 36 localities across the country, heads of representative agencies, commercial and commercial counselors of Vietnam in China, leaders of functional units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and numerous associations and enterprises exporting agricultural, aquatic products and logistics services of Vietnam

After listening to the opinions, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said that the most important thing now is to study and capture information about the Chinese market demand. consumption culture of the Chinese people, countries with similar products exported to China.

Minister Le Minh Hoan asked Vietnamese representative offices abroad to assist in finding out information, thereby advising them to return to the country to have an effective trade promotion strategy for agricultural products.

From the perspective of ministries, sectors, localities and businesses, Minister Le Minh Hoan emphasized that it is necessary to coordinate in building an overall strategy and action plan to boost the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the Chinese market. China, promoting digital transformation in agriculture to match data on supply and demand, promoting the model of a logistics center under a public-private partnership...

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu said that the current time is very favorable to increase the export of agricultural and aquatic products of Vietnam to China; suggested that the heads of Vietnamese representative missions in China continue to coordinate with ministries, branches and localities and accompany businesses to further promote the export of Vietnamese agricultural and aquatic products to this market.

“ In the immediate future, it is necessary to immediately implement a number of solutions such as basic research on the Chinese market, tastes and interests of China; update information on China's guidelines, policies and new regulations, the response of local and Chinese enterprises to our products; mobilize and facilitate the upgrading and opening of new border gates and border crossings, and increase the quantity of official products. At the same time, strengthen the implementation of product promotion activities on a larger scale, thereby creating favorable conditions for businesses and localities to export agricultural and aquatic products to China "- Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Vu emphasized. .

Thu Phuong

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