South African company to export fresh grape to Vietnam
South Africa’s In2Fruit company has signed a contract with Vietnam’s Fruit One counterpart to export fresh grape to Vietnam, according to South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry.
Grape farm in Cape Town, South Africa (Photo: VNA)
Pretoria (VNA) – South Africa’sIn2Fruit company has signed a contract with Vietnam’s Fruit One counterpart toexport fresh grape to Vietnam, according to South Africa’s Department of Tradeand Industry.
The agreement was reached at the Fruit LogisticaAsia Trade Show in China’s Hong Kong on September 4-6.
Accordingly, the Vietnamese company allows theSouth African counterpart to ship the first batch of 10-12 containers worthabout 35,000 USD out of the total contract value of 420,000 USD.
CEO of In2Fruit Sarel Joubert described thesigning of the deal as an initial step for the South African company to makeinroads into the Vietnamese market.
After this deal, In2Fruit will ensure thesupply of high-quality fresh grape, he added.
He highlighted the two Governments’ efforts inpromoting bilateral trade, saying the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI)has actively worked to meet Vietnam’s phytosanitary requirements.
Joubert said he was glad to know that Vietnameseagencies are implementing a unified licensing system for his company’s freshexport grape.
Vietnam and South Africa are striving to boosttwo-way trade to 2 billion USD in the next five years from 1.2 billion USD in2018.
South Africa is exerting efforts to increaseexports of wine, fresh fruits, processed fruits, and beef to the Vietnamesemarket.-VNA
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Grape farm in Cape Town, South Africa (Photo: VNA) 
