Processing tra fish for export. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’saquatic product exports to China are expected to rise positively this year, said Nong Duc Lai, Commercial Counsellor at the Vietnamese Embassy in China.
He attributed it to the factthat there is still room to grow for Vietnamese aquatic product exports in the Chinesemarket.
The demand of the 1.4-billion-people market will recover quickly whenrestrictions on entertainment services and tourism activities are loosened after the COVID-19 pandemic is put under control, Lai said.
Vietnamese enterprises who involvedin this sector are rapidly responding to information and market needs andmeeting regulations of the Chinese market. Recently, China Customs hasgranted codes for many Vietnamese enterprises to enable them to participate inexporting aquatic products to this market, he said.
The exports of aquaticproducts recorded a year-on-year increase of 117.6 percent in the first fourmonths of this year, accounting for nearly 9 percent of China’s total aquatic product imports.
According to the official, some batches of aquatic products imported from Vietnam, including tra fish (pangasius), to China were found to contain SARS-CoV-2 virus on their packagings. To tacklethe issue, the Vietnamese Trade Office in Beijing have regularly maintained contact withrelevant units of China Customs to exchange information and notifydomestic authorised agencies to minimise damage to enterprises.
Lai emphasised that although the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has been basicallycontrolled, domestic enterprises must continue to strictly follow the regulations of the government and relevantagencies on COVID-19 prevention and control; guidelines of the Food and AgricultureOrganisation of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organisation (WHO)and China on prevention of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection during the process of production and packaging.
It is necessary for them to strengthencontrol on quality, food safety and hygiene to ensure that Vietnamese aquatic productsare no longer warned of being infected with the virus or violating Chinese foodsafety standards, he said./.
