In a recent directive, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the Ministry of Finance to instruct the customs force to prioritise the swift clearance of fresh farm produce for export.
China is tightening its import regulations, aligning them more closely with high-standard markets like Japan and the Republic of Korea. This requires Vietnamese producers and exporters to adopt more professional, transparent, and sustainable business practices.
Vietnam’s agricultural product exports are on track to achieve an unprecedented milestone, with projected revenue reaching 60-61 billion USD this year, up 7-8 billion USD compared to 2023.
Vietnam's agricultural product exports to China are facing increasing difficulties due to tightening export requirements, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Cambodia’s agricultural product exports surged 46.47 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of 2021, despite the global COVID-19 crisis, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Understanding China’s technical regulations as well as sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) requirements will help Vietnamese firms boost agricultural product exports to the neighbouring country via official channels to gain higher turnover, experts have recommended.