TheGeneral Administration of Customs China (GACC) on December 15 announced therequirements for phytosanitary measures for watermelon imported from Vietnam.
Accordingly,the fresh fruit meeting those standards will be exported to this market throughdesignated border gates as agreed upon by the GACC and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agricultureand Rural Development (MARD).
The fresh watermelon permitted toenter the Chinese market must come from the cultivation and processing establishmentsregistering with the MARD. Meanwhile, the GACC will verify the list ofbusinesses provided by Vietnamese authorities and regularly update the list onits website.
Chinesestatistics show that considerable room remains for agricultural cooperationbetween the two countries, whose trade in farm produce has been growingcontinuously. During the first 11 months of 2023, China imported 44.62 billion CNY(nearly 6.3 billion USD) worth of Vietnam’s agricultural products, up 20.3%year on year./.