Official export, opportunities for Vietnamese agricultural products to break out

The successful signing of a decree of some agricultural products to the Chinese market, as well as the US recently considered a big “push” to help Vietnamese agricultural products have the opportunity to break out export, as well as change the mindset Export to improve the value chain for agricultural products.

Upgrade the “road” of agricultural exports

China is currently Vietnam’s large export markets for agricultural, forestry and fishery. However, if considering the total import of these Chinese items about US $ 260 billion each year, Vietnam will account for less than 5%market share.

However, the market situation has had many positive changes, when recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Vietnamese Agriculture and Rural Development) and the Chinese authorities have signed three decrees, creating favorable conditions Put agricultural exports to this market.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Hieu – Deputy Director of Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) – Advisory unit to develop a Decree, said: Frozen durian is one of the items that benefit when entering the Chinese market.

This is an agricultural product with a large export value, significantly contributing to the export turnover of agricultural products. The official opening of the Chinese market for this product is expected to create great opportunities for Vietnam’s durian industry. In 2023, Vietnam exported about 500,000 tons of durian, reaching a turnover of 2.3 billion USD, of which exports to China accounted for 90%.

Currently, the Department has proposed the Department of Plant Protection and Plant Protection of provinces and cities to notify and guide organizations and individuals wishing to register for planting areas and frozen durian packaging facilities for export. Chinese market; Review, check, evaluate the field and summarize the list of planting areas, frozen durian packaging facilities (durian fruits with shells, pureed durian and durian rice without shell) have sufficient records , equipment and equipment to meet the requirements of plant quarantine and food safety of importing countries.

Agricultural experts said that the signing of the Protocol is an important step in agricultural trade relations between the two countries, especially for Vietnam’s agricultural sector.

“This will contribute to strongly promoting the export of agricultural products, especially the newly signed products to the Chinese market, contributing to the growth of Vietnam’s agricultural sector” – Director of the Department of Quality, Processing and developing Nguyen Nhu Tiep market.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will continue to work closely with the Chinese General Department of Customs to implement the next steps after the Protocols are signed, ensuring that Vietnam’s businesses can export the aforementioned products into the above products. The Chinese market is convenient.

Besides durian, fresh coconut is also a product with great export prospects. The signing of the Protocol opens opportunities for Vietnam’s fresh coconut to access the Chinese market.

In 2022 and 2023, the export turnover of coconut products and related to coconut was approximately US $ 1 billion. In particular, export of fresh coconuts reached nearly 800 million USD. Vietnam is one of the large coconut production and exporting countries in the world, with an area of ​​about 175,000 hectares, focusing mainly in the Mekong Delta.

With the opening of the Chinese market, it is expected that the export turnover of fresh coconut can increase by US $ 200-300 million in 2024, which will bring export turnover of over 1 billion USD. At the same time, forecasting fresh coconut exports will grow strongly in the following years.

Experts assess and export fresh coconut not only bring economic benefits but also motivate Vietnam’s coconut industry to develop sustainably, improve product quality to meet international standards.

Vietnam Coconut Association statistics, there are about 100 enterprises related to coconuts, of which more than 40 production enterprises are deep processed. In addition to production, businesses also exploit some raw materials and waste products from coconut, serving food, health and cosmetics.

Ready to welcome big waves

Not only achieving great strides for the Chinese market, Vietnam and the US have reached an agreement for Vietnamese passion fruit to import into this country, the capital market accounts for more than 20% of the total agricultural export turnover of water production. I.

Experts evaluate, the more the last months of the year, agricultural products have many great opportunities to enter the export acceleration cycle, soon reaching the export target of the year.

Therefore, participating in signing the Protocol and export agreements are important “pushes” for Vietnamese agricultural products to have more opportunities to break out. The exploitation of the market through the orthodox canal not only contributes to increasing revenue for Vietnamese agricultural products, but this is also an opportunity for the agricultural sector to restructure, associated with increasing product value strongly. stronger.

“To enter the market, it is imperative that products must meet the standards of origin and quality, thereby forcing producers and export enterprises to renovate these processes from the beginning” – Agricultural expert. Hoang Trong Thuy said.

This means that agricultural exporting enterprises need to improve the quality and diversify products, diversify the industry and shift from the development of the supply chain of agricultural products to the development of the value chain of the goods to be promptly catch up with the development trend of the world market.

Maximum use of raw materials, including fresh fruits that do not meet the design requirements.

Experts also said that the market is wide, but we can only take advantage when it maintains the quality of agricultural products.

At the Conference on the implementation of Vietnamese agricultural exports to China recently, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien emphasized that the signing of the Protocol will create many opportunities for businesses and obsters. Vietnam’s export and animal husbandry develop, stabilize the output for the product, bring high economic benefits…

In order to seize this opportunity well, the Deputy Minister suggested that ministries and central branches remove difficulties for localities and manufacturing and livestock businesses in a sustainable manner, selecting individuals with good seed sources to improve prices. Treatment of livestock, ensuring compliance with regulations on biodiversity and traceability for export standards. At the same time, businesses need to actively check and select good seed sources, contact partners to expand export markets, in which special attention to quality, product origin, avoiding images Enjoy the brand of Vietnamese agricultural products.

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