On January 26, Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam, Deputy Director of the Office of Notification and National Inquiry Point on Sanitation, Epidemiology and Quarantine of Vietnam Animals and Plants (Vietnam SPS Office, under the Ministry of Agriculture and Development). rural areas), said that it has just sent a document to the Vietnam Coffee - Cocoa Association and the Vietnam Cashew Association to remove obstacles for businesses to register to export agricultural products and food to the Chinese market.

According to Mr. Nam, over the past time, functional agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Health; People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, associations, media agencies ... have made many efforts to guide, appraise dossiers and support enterprises to register with the General Department of Customs of China to meet regulations. Order 248 (Registration of enterprises importing food into China), Order 249 (Measures for managing food safety imported into China).

As of January 25, the General Department of Customs of China has approved and granted 1,485 agricultural product and food codes to Vietnamese enterprises.

However, the SPS Vietnam Office received a petition from a number of coffee and cashew exporters about the fact that the business had registered with the Vietnamese competent authority before November 1, 2021, and had an application goods, have completed the procedures to open the customs declaration, have registered to export the ship... but so far, the General Department of Customs of China has not approved the list of enterprises and issued product codes.

An enterprise exporting coffee beans to China was stuck at the port because of a lack of codes (Artwork)

"In order to ensure no disruption to agricultural trade between the two countries, remove difficulties for businesses, and especially have evidence to discuss with the General Department of Customs of China, the Vietnam SPS Office suggested that the Association notify enterprises in the above cases to promptly send information including: business name, business registration license with proof. just email: spsvietnam@mard.gov.vn to promptly summarize and propose the General Department of Customs of China to have a solution to support" - the document stated.

Talking more with reporters, Mr. Ngo Xuan Nam said that the SPS Vietnam Office would like to record more cases of businesses having similar problems to promote the Chinese side to quickly issue codes to Vietnamese businesses according to the spirit of the law. Online conference of ASEAN members with the General Administration of Customs of China on Orders 248 and 249 at the end of November 2021.

In recent years, China has had a great change in the control of imported agricultural products and food. This makes exports not only small-scale, but also official, affected for all countries that have trade with China.