On November 10, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said it had received information from the Vietnamese Embassy in China on the Protocol to export sweet potatoes and bird's nests from Vietnam to China. .

China officially imported Vietnam's bird's nest

On 9/11, the Vietnamese Embassy in China received a Protocol (signed by the Chinese side), on phytosanitary requirements for Vietnam's bird's nest and sweet potato products exported to Vietnam. China between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Administration of Customs of China.

Information from the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that sweet potatoes and bird's nests will be the 12th and 13th agricultural products officially exported to the Chinese market after 11 fruits, including: : dragon fruit, longan, rambutan, mango, jackfruit, watermelon, banana, mangosteen, lychee and durian.

For passion fruit, the Chinese side has agreed to test exports and only go through China's Guangxi border gate. After sweet potatoes and bird's nests, the Plant Protection Department will continue the procedures to export fresh pomelos and coconuts to the Chinese market.

Mr. Phung Duc Tien - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the demand for importing bird's nest from the Chinese market is very large, while the export potential of Vietnam's bird's nest (salanganes' nest) is very abundant. , the quality of Vietnamese bird's nest has been confirmed.

According to the Department of Livestock Production (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the bird's nest industry in Vietnam has many development opportunities and potential to bring high economic value. Currently, the whole country has 22,087 houses raising swiftlets. The output of Vietnam's oats is currently around 120 tons, equivalent to 450 million USD.

A survey of the needs of an enterprise in Fujian (China) shows that currently, the output of Vietnamese oats that can be exported can only meet one third of their needs, so when the Export Protocol Once the official quota of bird's nests to China is signed, the opportunities for this multi-million dollar industry are increasingly open.

To receive opportunities from the market, build a strong Vietnamese bird's nest brand that is strong enough to reach out to the international market, penetrate the Chinese market, and create prestige in high-end markets such as Japan and Europe. , USA and Canada…. Mr. Nguyen Van Trong - former Deputy Director of the Department of Livestock Production said that it is necessary to develop production according to the product chain, linking the stages from production, processing to product consumption.

As for sweet potato products, this is one of the important crops of our country, most concentrated in Binh Tan district, Vinh Long province. For many years in a row, this locality has the largest area of Japanese purple sweet potatoes in the country, stable at over 13,000 hectares.

To prepare the mood for the introduction of sweet potatoes, which are mainly Japanese purple sweet potatoes, for official export to the Chinese market, the agricultural sector of Vinh Long province has actively guided and supported farmers to develop area codes. grow and produce potatoes according to prescribed standards. According to the Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection of Vinh Long province, the unit has made records for 22 planting area codes with an area of more than 500 hectares for official export of sweet potatoes to China.

According to the report of the General Department of Customs, in the first 9 months of 2022, Vietnam's sweet potato export turnover is about 39 million USD, of which raw sweet potato is over 15.3 million USD, processed sweet potato is about 23 million USD. 1 million USD, the rest is sweet potato leaves.