The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that on November 16, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development officially signed the Protocol on the export of bird's nests from Vietnam to China. then moved back to Vietnam.

Activate the billion-people market for Vietnamese bird's nest products

China is the world's largest market for bird's nest, accounting for more than 80% of the global market share. The specialized data of bird's nest in China shows that the official import of bird's nest into China in 2019 is 180 tons, 220 tons in 2020 and more than 300 tons in 2021.

Meanwhile, Vietnam has great potential and is favorable for the development of swiftlet farming due to its long coastline, many islands and mountain ranges jutting out into the sea, into lagoons and lagoons. The quality of Vietnam's bird's nest products is considered superior to other countries in the region. As a result, Vietnamese bird's nest products are very popular with Chinese customers.

The bird's nest industry is considered to have great economic value and export potential . Therefore, since 2019, bird's nest has been one of the products focused on by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, negotiated and submitted to the General Administration of Customs of China for official export to China. .

At the same time, Vietnam has a long border with China, which is very convenient for trading, transporting and supplying to the Chinese market to consume bird's nest products, creating a more competitive advantage for the products. Vietnam's bird's nest products compared to other countries.

Mr. Le Minh Hoan - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - shared, one side is a large market, the other side has many preferential conditions for bird nest farming. Therefore, for three years now, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has developed a strategy to develop the bird's nest industry, bringing oats to the Chinese market . “After three years of perseverance, we signed the Protocol between the two sides, starting the official export of oats to the Chinese market. I think that when this large market is activated, our bird's nest industry chain will be restructured and create higher added value, income for bird's nest farmers and bird's nest processing enterprises," said Le. Minh Hoan said.

In order for the export of oats to China to ensure compliance with regulations, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the Ministry will organize a conference to disseminate the content of this Protocol to all associations, associations and businesses. relevant units to proactively prepare and meet export conditions.

On the part of enterprises processing bird's nests, it is necessary to carefully study and fully comply with the requirements of the Chinese side mentioned in this Protocol such as conditions on management of swiftlet rearing establishments, processing Bird's nest to ensure disease safety, food safety, traceability for bird's nest products exported to the Chinese market in accordance with regulations .

Associations, associations and businesses need to closely coordinate with professional agencies and localities to urgently develop and organize the implementation of a surveillance program for avian influenza and Newcastle (Newcastle) in the country. swiftlets; Food safety monitoring plan for bird's nest products. In the long term, the Ministry will direct to have a strategy and plan to develop the Vietnamese bird's nest industry responsibly and sustainably, ensuring to maintain the brand name of Vietnam's bird's nest, meeting the requirements of China, as well as other countries. other potential markets.

Currently, the country has over 22,000 bird nest houses. The output of Vietnam's oats is about 120 tons, worth over 500 million USD. Vietnam's bird's nest industry is having many development opportunities and potential to bring high economic value.

The official export of bird's nests to the Chinese market will create many opportunities for the development of Vietnam's bird's nest industry, ensuring stable output for products, bringing very high economic benefits, creating a driving force for development. strongly develop the model of raising swiftlets and processing nests.

The signed protocol has activated a billion-people market for Vietnamese bird's nest products. However, this is just the beginning of the process, the rest is our attitude when exporting a commodity that has great demand in the market, requiring restructuring of the bird's nest industry.

"To go far, it is necessary to go together to ensure quality and meet the requirements of the Chinese market. Recently, there has been unfair competition among domestic exporters, so I came here. We want to re-emphasize that the Chinese market is a big enough market for all of us. Further, we will reorganize the bird's nest industry, digitally transform the bird's nest industry so that we can control everything. , thereby creating the trust of consumers, the confidence of the Chinese market", Mr. Le Minh Hoan shared.