Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Quoc Doanh (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamhas so far granted licences to 460 US producers of meat and meat products and210 exporters of aquatic products, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture andRural Development Le Quoc Doanh.
Doanh is leading a Vietnamesedelegation on a working trip to the US from February 24 – 29 to discuss boostingfarm produce trade between the two countries. He was accompanied byrepresentatives from 19 enterprises and one trade association operating in cerealsand animal feed; meat, dairy and seafood products; fruits and vegetables;wooden furniture; and chemicals and fertilisers.
During a working session on February 24 with US Under Secretary ofAgriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney and Ambassador Gregg Doud, Chief Agricultural Negotiatorin the Office of the US Trade Representative, Doanh said Vietnam has alsoallowed the import of six kinds of fresh fruit from the US, which are cherry,pear, grape, apple, blueberry and orange.
Meanwhile, Vietnamis assessing quarantine and bio-safety risks regarding grapefruit, nectarine,apricot and plum from the US with a view to early allowing the import of thefruits, he said.
The deputyminister suggested that the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serviceshould quickly allow the Hanoi Irradiation Centre and the Toan Phat IrradiationCompany Ltd to provide radiation of US-bound fruits, thus helping Vietnamesefirms cut costs of transporting fruits to the south for radiation. He alsoasked the US side to allow the vapor heat treatment for fresh fruits besidesradiation, and urged the completion of risk evaluation procedures to Vietnamesepomelo to be exported to the US.
As scheduledfrom March 2 – 13, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will send a delegationto Vietnam to conduct a periodic review on the safety control programme for siluriformes fish exportedto the US.
Deputy Minister Doanh also askedthe USDA to continue assisting the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment in holding intensive training courses on catfish inspectionprogramme, and consider signing a bilateral trade agreement with Vietnam tooffer incentives to investors and businesses in agriculture in particular./.
Doanh is leading a Vietnamesedelegation on a working trip to the US from February 24 – 29 to discuss boostingfarm produce trade between the two countries. He was accompanied byrepresentatives from 19 enterprises and one trade association operating in cerealsand animal feed; meat, dairy and seafood products; fruits and vegetables;wooden furniture; and chemicals and fertilisers.
During a working session on February 24 with US Under Secretary ofAgriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney and Ambassador Gregg Doud, Chief Agricultural Negotiatorin the Office of the US Trade Representative, Doanh said Vietnam has alsoallowed the import of six kinds of fresh fruit from the US, which are cherry,pear, grape, apple, blueberry and orange.
Meanwhile, Vietnamis assessing quarantine and bio-safety risks regarding grapefruit, nectarine,apricot and plum from the US with a view to early allowing the import of thefruits, he said.
The deputyminister suggested that the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serviceshould quickly allow the Hanoi Irradiation Centre and the Toan Phat IrradiationCompany Ltd to provide radiation of US-bound fruits, thus helping Vietnamesefirms cut costs of transporting fruits to the south for radiation. He alsoasked the US side to allow the vapor heat treatment for fresh fruits besidesradiation, and urged the completion of risk evaluation procedures to Vietnamesepomelo to be exported to the US.
As scheduledfrom March 2 – 13, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will send a delegationto Vietnam to conduct a periodic review on the safety control programme for siluriformes fish exportedto the US.
Deputy Minister Doanh also askedthe USDA to continue assisting the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment in holding intensive training courses on catfish inspectionprogramme, and consider signing a bilateral trade agreement with Vietnam tooffer incentives to investors and businesses in agriculture in particular./.
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