Reopening for dragon fruit at Lao Cai border gate

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, on January 12, 2022, the government of Hekou, Yunnan province (China) officially restored import clearance for fresh fruit (including dragon fruit) and frozen goods in Vietnam. Ha Khau border gate (Vietnam is Kim Thanh II border gate, Lao Cai).

The restoration of customs clearance for fresh fruit (including dragon fruit) and frozen goods through this border gate will contribute to reducing the pressure of congestion at border gates in Lang Son and Quang Ninh provinces. , especially in the context that the authorities of Pingxiang, Guangxi, China are suspending the import of dragon fruit through Huu Nghi and Tan Thanh border gates for 4 weeks from December 29, 2021.

The matter of survival now is to keep goods and packages from being infected with viruses

According to statistics of Vietnam Customs, the amount of dragon fruit exported to China through Lao Cai border gate accounts for nearly 35% of Vietnam's total dragon fruit exports to China through land border gates and seaports in 2020.

However, the Yunnan side also said that currently Yunnan's loading and unloading capacity at the border gate is very limited because many workers return to their hometown to celebrate Tet. Therefore, the authorities of Yunnan province suggested that the Vietnamese side, in addition to ensuring good disease prevention for people and goods, still need to actively regulate the amount of goods brought to the border gate to avoid the situation. congestion as happened at border gates in Lang Son and Quang Ninh provinces.

Previously, the importation of fresh fruit from Vietnam through the Lao Cai - Ha Khau border gate was suspended from July 18, 2021 after the Yunnan side detected the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the packaging and cartons. dragon fruit car imported from Vietnam.

This is the result achieved after many efforts to communicate and exchange goodwill between the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam's localities and central agencies and Yunnan province of China since July 2021 to present. Recently, at the first meeting of the Vietnam - China Trade Facilitation Working Group on January 6, 2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade also had a direct discussion with the Yunnan provincial government agency to propose to restore the trade facilitation. serve the import of fruits, including dragon fruit, from Vietnam.

Ministry of Industry and Trade warns of safety

The reopening of China for dragon fruit through Lao Cai border gate is good news, but your side is still steadfast in implementing the Zero Covid goal and continuously inspecting 100% of fresh fruit shipments from Vietnam. export to China. Therefore, the Ministry of Industry and Trade emphasized: "The matter of survival right now is to keep goods and packages from being infected with viruses. If your country again detects nucleic acids on packages or goods, they may close again with Vietnamese fruits.”

With the motto "it is safe to export, export must be safe", the Ministry of Industry and Trade once again recommends that localities in growing areas, businesses, traders, and long-distance drivers increase the application of measures to ensuring that the production, packaging and transportation process of goods is absolutely safe, in accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, thereby helping stakeholders to open and sustainably open the reopening of border gates. .

As the epidemic continues to be complicated globally and in the region, it is expected that the customs clearance process at all border gates will continue to be tightened. The progress of customs clearance, therefore, will not be able to return to normal in a short time. People's Committees of localities in growing areas and exporting enterprises, so it is still necessary to actively monitor the situation to take measures to regulate production and harvest, especially regulating the amount of goods brought to the border appropriately. With clearance capacity, avoid creating congestion at the border gates causing damage to all parties.

Ms. Nguyen Cam Trang - Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department - Ministry of Industry and Trade pointed out that the situation of congestion of agricultural products exported to China in the period near Tet has occurred in recent years with the causes coming from the domestic market. in the production and export of agricultural products. Therefore, in the long run, it is necessary to pay attention to the quality of agricultural products, to raise the level of agricultural products for export to diversify markets; Officially exporting to China and entering markets that have signed FTAs to take advantage of tariff preferences from this market.

For production localities, the Ministry of Industry and Trade suggested that localities should pay attention to the plan to connect supply and demand right from the beginning of the season, especially with buyers and customers in China. There has been a lot of experience from localities like Bac Giang and Hai Duong doing very well in connecting trade right from the beginning of the crop, so in recent years, there has been no congestion with agricultural products in these localities. The Ministry of Industry and Trade will also coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to be the negotiating unit on quarantine so that we can have more fruits to export to China and reduce the proportion of fruits subject to quarantine.

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