The Plant Protection Department has just requested to review and synthesize growing areas and packaging facilities for fresh coconut and frozen durian exported to China.
The Department of Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has just sent a document to the Departments of Crop Production and Plant Protection of provinces and cities; Local specialized agencies review and synthesize growing areas and packaging facilities for fresh coconut and frozen durian exported to China.
To speed up the process of opening the market for fresh coconuts and frozen durians exported from Vietnam to China and prepare all conditions for registration of growing area codes and packaging facilities after When the Protocol is signed, the Plant Protection Department requests the Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection and specialized agencies of provinces and cities to coordinate in notifying and guiding organizations and individuals. There is a need to register growing areas, fresh coconut packaging facilities and frozen durian packaging facilities for export to the Chinese market.
The units review, inspect and evaluate the field and compile a list of growing areas, fresh coconut packaging facilities (green-shelled fruits, peeled coconuts) and frozen durian packaging facilities (durian fruit). with shell, pureed durian and durian rice without shell) have enough documents, equipment and machinery to meet the plant quarantine and food safety requirements of the importing country.
Units send the results of the list to the Plant Protection Department no later than April 1, 2024 for synthesis.
Vietnamese durian will be officially exported to China in July 2022. Thanks to that, durian export turnover in 2023 has increased to a record, reaching about 2.3 billion USD. However, of these, mainly fresh fruit is exported.
Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen, General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, said that if Vietnamese frozen durian is licensed, durian export turnover will increase by 30% of the total export value of this product each year.
In 2024, fruit and vegetable exports are expected to continue to boom if fresh coconuts and frozen durians are exported to China.