According to the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), as of March 1, 1,656 Vietnamese exporters with 1,776 products had received codes in line with the new regulations on farming region supervision and origin tracking of farm produce under Orders 248 and 249 of China.

Customs clearance at Tan Thanh-Po Chai border gate.

Of the total firms, 779 are exporters of aquatic products, 187 are recommended to the Chinese side by the MARD's Plant Protection Department, and 11 are milk producers.

According to the SPS Vietnam, the current biggest difficulty is the slow approval process of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) without any regulation on the duration for approving the issuance of codes for businesses.

The MARD has proposed that the Prime Minister allow it to discuss with the Chinese side on measures to deal with technical problems in registering on the GACC portal.

The ministry has also asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnamese Embassy in China to work with the Chinese side to remove obstacles during the implementation of the Orders 248 and 249.

China stipulates 18 groups of goods that enterprises must register when exporting to the Chinese market under Order No. 248. For products outside those groups, exporters have to register via the foreign trade portal of the GACC.

Consumption of farm produce: Creativity comes from difficulty

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Bac Giang to export over 4,200 tonnes of processed farm produce to RoK

(BGO) – Vifoco Import Export Joint Stock Company in Bac Giang city (Vifoco) (Bac Giang province) has inked contract to export over 4,200 tonnes of processed farm produce of potato, carrot and pumpkin to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in 2022. So far, 300 tonnes of products have been processed and exported under the deal.

Bac Giang enhances to manage growing area codes and package facility for farm produce

(BGO) - The Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee has issued document to order the departments, sectors, agencies and localities to enhance management of growing area codes and package facility for farm produce.  

4,300 trucks stuck at China border with farm produce

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Information portal launched to support online sale of farm produce

The Ministry of Information and Communications on December 1 launched an electronic information portal at https://tmdt.mic.gov.vn. to support agricultural production households in introducing and selling farm produce on e-commerce platforms.

Source: NDO/VNA