Vietnam seeks to increase agricultural product exports to Chinese locality
Vietnam’s exporters should pay more attention to expanding sales on e-commerce platforms besides trade promotion activities in particular in order to expand export of ago-forestry-aquaculture products to China and its Guangdong province, according to the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s exporters shouldpay more attention to expanding sales on e-commerce platforms besides tradepromotion activities in particular in order to expand export ofago-forestry-aquaculture products to China and its Guangdong province,according to the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade(MoIT).
China remains the biggest importer of Vietnam’s farm produce and food.
An online Vietnam - Guangzhou seafood trade connection programme held byVietrade recently saw a large number of orders placed by Chinese businesses andentrepreneurs, with each company ordering from 4-5 containers of aquatic productsfrom Vietnam each week.
To expand export of agricultural and aquatic products to China, the agency,localities and enterprises of Vietnam have joined many trade promotion programmesin the neighbouring country.
Commercial Consul of the Vietnamese ConsulateGeneral in Guangzhou Nguyen Duy Phu said however, Vietnamese exporters need todo more besides trade promotion. He stressed that e-commerce is developingstrongly in China, so Vietnamese trade agencies, firms and trade organizationsshould pay more attention to this exporting channel.
Last year, two-way trade between Vietnam and Guangdong hit 41 billion USD, accountingfor 20-21 percent of the total trade turnover between the two countries.
Of the figure, Vietnam’s exports were worth 21 billion USD, and imports 19billion USD.
Half of Vietnam’s export earnings from Guangdong came from electroniccomponents and mobile phones (10.5 billion USD). Aquatic products, fruits andrice followed with respective values of 300 million USD, 183 million USD and160 million USD./.
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