To boost the export of agricultural products, the Ministry of Industry and Trade believes that it is necessary to switch exports to official channels soon, ie comply with all regulations of the importing country.
Statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade show that the export turnover of agriculture, forestry and fishery groups in 4 months is estimated at 10.2 billion USD, up 19.7% over the same period last year, accounting for 8% of total export turnover. password.
The bright spot in April for the exports of this group of products was that seafood exports continued to record impressive growth, estimated at US$1.05 billion, up 39.9% over the same period last year.
Generally in the first 4 months of 2022, the country ‘s seafood export alone was estimated at 3.57 billion USD, up 43.7% over the same period last year (in which pangasius and shrimp were the fastest growing exports). ). The main reason is that the markets currently have very high demand for Vietnamese seafood. Although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a small impact on Vietnam’s seafood exports to Russia and Ukraine (Russia accounted for 2%, Ukraine accounted for 0.3%), it had a great impact on tuna exports. of Vietnam when these two markets are two of the 20 biggest importers of Vietnam’s tuna.
Export of agricultural products grew in the first 4 months of the year
Regarding markets, in the US market , Vietnam has earned nearly 4.9 billion USD thanks to the export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and this market accounts for 27.3% of the export market share of Vietnamese agricultural products.
The second is the Chinese market with over $3.2 billion (accounting for 18.1% of the market share) with export turnover of rubber group accounting for 22.4% of the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products; the third is the Japanese market with an export value of nearly 1.3 billion USD (accounting for 7.1%) and exporting the largest group of wood products (accounting for 44.0% of the export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products. property); the fourth is the Korean market with an export value of about 822 million USD (accounting for 4.6%) and exporting the largest group of wood products (accounting for 43.9% of the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery).
Although agricultural exports have grown steadily, there are still some difficulties. For example, Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen – General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association said that exporting fresh coconuts to the US is facing difficulties. Specifically, in the past, they thought that it was enough to just peel the green skin, but now they think that this is not possible and require all the white skin to be peeled and all the way to the coconut skull.
Also according to Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen, if we can negotiate with the US so that they approve for Vietnam to export in the old direction, it will create more favorable conditions for businesses and easy maintenance.
Or in the Chinese market, currently the Covid-19 epidemic is breaking out. Therefore, experts predict that the disruption of the global supply chain, especially the congestion at Chinese ports, cannot be overcome in a short time. Therefore, Vietnamese agricultural product exporters are actively looking for solutions, especially finding alternative sources and markets, and localizing the supply chain to minimize risks.
Find solutions to overcome difficulties for exporting agricultural products
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has coordinated to organize a conference to promote the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the Chinese market in the post-Covid-19 period. At the conference, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development made many recommendations and guided departments, branches and localities to meet new standards and export goods officially to China. In fact, there are still a number of agricultural products that depend on the form of informal export, leading to a lot of passive factors and inadequacies in the process of exporting agricultural products, causing economic losses and social consequences. other associations for businesses and people.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, although Vietnam has signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, many agricultural products have enjoyed a 0% import tax rate, but negotiations on goods quality management are still slow. So far, only 9 types of fruit are allowed to be exported to this country. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh emphasized that finding solutions for agricultural and fishery products to better meet the requirements and new standards of the Chinese market, gradually increasing exports through official channels and reducing exports. Small quota is an urgent requirement today.
In order to promote import and export of agricultural products, the Ministry of Industry and Trade believes that it is necessary to soon switch exports to the form of official export, that is, to comply with all regulations of the importing country for imported goods, including: regulations on taxes, fees as well as on quality, food hygiene and safety, traceability, packaging, labeling, etc. Due to meeting all the standards of the import market, officially exported goods can enter the import market through all seaports, international airports, international border gates, main border gates. on land borders.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed the People’s Committees of border provinces to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches in, developing a plan and submitting it to the Prime Minister for consideration and establishment of transshipment zones, warehouses and storage facilities. store goods…
At the same time, urgently expand the area of border gate wharves and yards to meet the needs of import and export of goods in order to promote the transition from small-traffic to official-quota. Develop mechanisms and policies to reduce warehousing costs and border infrastructure usage fees, and encourage official trade activities.
For the People’s Committees of the provinces in the growing areas, it is necessary to strictly follow the instructions and regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which focuses on a number of solutions such as restructuring agricultural production, ensuring ensure production according to plan, planning, reduce spontaneous production, increase production according to market signals and orders; improve and strictly control the quality of agricultural and aquatic products, meeting the expectations of domestic and foreign consumers.
At the same time, based on production capacity to develop the processing industry to increase the value of deeply processed agricultural products, diversify agricultural products, and at the same time focus on developing a system of storage and preservation of agricultural products; disseminate and guide farmer households on methods of production, farming, packaging, processing… to meet the standards of each importing country and region.
In addition, promote the registration of growing areas as well as traceability to facilitate official export and reduce the time for customs clearance of goods. Accelerate the implementation to meet the provisions of the Chinese side in Order 248, Order 249, effective from January 1, 2022 (China has gradually become the largest export market of our country’s agricultural products, on average, account for about 28% of the total export turnover of this group of goods).
Statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade show that the export turnover of agriculture, forestry and fishery groups in 4 months is estimated at 10.2 billion USD, up 19.7% over the same period last year, accounting for 8% of total export turnover. password.
The bright spot in April for the exports of this group of products was that seafood exports continued to record impressive growth, estimated at US$1.05 billion, up 39.9% over the same period last year.
Generally in the first 4 months of 2022, the country ‘s seafood export alone was estimated at 3.57 billion USD, up 43.7% over the same period last year (in which pangasius and shrimp were the fastest growing exports). ). The main reason is that the markets currently have very high demand for Vietnamese seafood. Although the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a small impact on Vietnam’s seafood exports to Russia and Ukraine (Russia accounted for 2%, Ukraine accounted for 0.3%), it had a great impact on tuna exports. of Vietnam when these two markets are two of the 20 biggest importers of Vietnam’s tuna.
Export of agricultural products grew in the first 4 months of the year
Regarding markets, in the US market , Vietnam has earned nearly 4.9 billion USD thanks to the export of agricultural, forestry and fishery products and this market accounts for 27.3% of the export market share of Vietnamese agricultural products.
The second is the Chinese market with over $3.2 billion (accounting for 18.1% of the market share) with export turnover of rubber group accounting for 22.4% of the export turnover of agricultural, forestry and fishery products; the third is the Japanese market with an export value of nearly 1.3 billion USD (accounting for 7.1%) and exporting the largest group of wood products (accounting for 44.0% of the export value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products. property); the fourth is the Korean market with an export value of about 822 million USD (accounting for 4.6%) and exporting the largest group of wood products (accounting for 43.9% of the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery).
Although agricultural exports have grown steadily, there are still some difficulties. For example, Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen – General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association said that exporting fresh coconuts to the US is facing difficulties. Specifically, in the past, they thought that it was enough to just peel the green skin, but now they think that this is not possible and require all the white skin to be peeled and all the way to the coconut skull.
Also according to Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen, if we can negotiate with the US so that they approve for Vietnam to export in the old direction, it will create more favorable conditions for businesses and easy maintenance.
Or in the Chinese market, currently the Covid-19 epidemic is breaking out. Therefore, experts predict that the disruption of the global supply chain, especially the congestion at Chinese ports, cannot be overcome in a short time. Therefore, Vietnamese agricultural product exporters are actively looking for solutions, especially finding alternative sources and markets, and localizing the supply chain to minimize risks.
Find solutions to overcome difficulties for exporting agricultural products
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has coordinated to organize a conference to promote the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the Chinese market in the post-Covid-19 period. At the conference, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development made many recommendations and guided departments, branches and localities to meet new standards and export goods officially to China. In fact, there are still a number of agricultural products that depend on the form of informal export, leading to a lot of passive factors and inadequacies in the process of exporting agricultural products, causing economic losses and social consequences. other associations for businesses and people.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, although Vietnam has signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China, many agricultural products have enjoyed a 0% import tax rate, but negotiations on goods quality management are still slow. So far, only 9 types of fruit are allowed to be exported to this country. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh emphasized that finding solutions for agricultural and fishery products to better meet the requirements and new standards of the Chinese market, gradually increasing exports through official channels and reducing exports. Small quota is an urgent requirement today.
In order to promote import and export of agricultural products, the Ministry of Industry and Trade believes that it is necessary to soon switch exports to the form of official export, that is, to comply with all regulations of the importing country for imported goods, including: regulations on taxes, fees as well as on quality, food hygiene and safety, traceability, packaging, labeling, etc. Due to meeting all the standards of the import market, officially exported goods can enter the import market through all seaports, international airports, international border gates, main border gates. on land borders.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposed the People’s Committees of border provinces to assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with relevant ministries and branches in, developing a plan and submitting it to the Prime Minister for consideration and establishment of transshipment zones, warehouses and storage facilities. store goods…
At the same time, urgently expand the area of border gate wharves and yards to meet the needs of import and export of goods in order to promote the transition from small-traffic to official-quota. Develop mechanisms and policies to reduce warehousing costs and border infrastructure usage fees, and encourage official trade activities.
For the People’s Committees of the provinces in the growing areas, it is necessary to strictly follow the instructions and regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which focuses on a number of solutions such as restructuring agricultural production, ensuring ensure production according to plan, planning, reduce spontaneous production, increase production according to market signals and orders; improve and strictly control the quality of agricultural and aquatic products, meeting the expectations of domestic and foreign consumers.
At the same time, based on production capacity to develop the processing industry to increase the value of deeply processed agricultural products, diversify agricultural products, and at the same time focus on developing a system of storage and preservation of agricultural products; disseminate and guide farmer households on methods of production, farming, packaging, processing… to meet the standards of each importing country and region.
In addition, promote the registration of growing areas as well as traceability to facilitate official export and reduce the time for customs clearance of goods. Accelerate the implementation to meet the provisions of the Chinese side in Order 248, Order 249, effective from January 1, 2022 (China has gradually become the largest export market of our country’s agricultural products, on average, account for about 28% of the total export turnover of this group of goods).
