The Deputy Prime Minister asked the ministries, branches and localities to remove the congestion of agricultural products at the border gate - Photo: TUNG DINH

On December 18, the Government Office sent a document to relevant ministries, branches and localities, conveying the direction of Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on the situation of congestion of agricultural products at border gates in the province. Lang Son.

Accordingly, in order to promptly overcome the congestion of agricultural products at border gates in Lang Son province, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the ministries of Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Foreign Affairs and Transport. Transport, health, People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities, based on their assigned functions and tasks, continue to strictly and fully implement the Prime Minister's directives in Directive No. September 2021 on promoting production, circulation, consumption and export of agricultural products in the context of COVID-19 disease prevention and control.

In which, Mr. Thanh noted that the Ministry of Industry and Trade will continue to negotiate and recommend Chinese ministries, branches and local authorities to implement solutions to increase customs clearance time at border gates to create more favorable conditions for customers. customs clearance and export of goods, especially agricultural products of Vietnam.

Closely coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to proactively grasp the import and export situation, customs clearance of goods and arising issues affecting the delivery, customs clearance, import and export of goods to have solutions. appropriate treatment.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development shall direct the organization of production in close association with market demand, strengthen the propaganda, popularize and guide the agricultural production households on the standards and regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. import country.

At the same time, continue to direct localities to synchronously deploy solutions to ensure no interruption of the agricultural production chain; at the same time review and prepare fully the conditions for the next production crop.

For localities producing agricultural products, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the initiative to capture information and propagate to farmer households, production facilities and businesses in the area to strictly implement the recommendation of the Government. Ministries of Industry and Trade, Agriculture and Rural Development on the export market in general, the Chinese market in particular and the progress of customs clearance activities at border gates.

The localities also coordinate with industry associations to grasp information, link and share information between localities and growing areas on production, crop, output and harvest to cooperate in identifying pepper markets. transparently and openly selling agricultural products to benefit farmers; organize trade promotion, connect and regulate goods brought to border gates reasonably and effectively.

At the same time, actively implementing trade promotion activities, seeking to expand export markets for agricultural products; promote domestic consumption as well as agricultural product processing to take the initiative in plans and plans to support the consumption of agricultural products.