Ministry seeks ways to increase imports from US
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a meeting with businesses in Hanoi on September 14 to promote the import of agricultural products from the US.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a meeting with businesses in Hanoi on September 14 to promote the import of agricultural products from the US.
MARD Deputy Minister Le Quoc Doanh said that amid COVID-19 outbreaks, Vietnamese businesses are exerting every effort to raise the import turnover from the US.
The US is currently one of Vietnam’s biggest trade partners, with two-way trade of farm produce enjoying average annual growth rate of around 30 percent. In the first seven months of 2020, the two countries’ import-export turnover of agro-forestry-fishery products reached 7.53 billion USD, a year-on-year rise of 9 percent.
Vietnam exports wood and wood products, aquatic products, cashew nut, coffee, rubber and vegetables to the US, while importing cattle feed, soybeans, wood and wood products, vegetables, milk and dairy products, wheat and cotton from the country.
Participating businesses hoped for opener policies, especially decreasing import tariffs and better facilitating plant and animal quarantine.
Head of the MARD’s International Cooperation Department Nguyen Do Anh Tuan said that the ministry will continue working with the US side’s relevant offices on quarantine procedures.
The two sides will actively open their doors to the US’s nuts, almonds and Citrus paradisi, and Vietnam’s grapefruit, Tuan added.
Deputy Minister Doanh requested related offices to continue intensifying administrative procedure reform and speeding up quarantine process to create favourable conditions for businesses./.
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