Vietnamese litchi being sold at Japanese supermarket (Photo: VNA) Hoan stressed the need to strictly comply with regulations related to labeling, traceability, cultivation area indication, quarantine, packaging,quality and types of agricultural products, and business code.
The ministry will maintain negotiations to remove barriersand increase the export of additional agricultural products to major andpotential markets such as durian, bird nest, passion fruit, avocado, grapefruitand coconut to China; longan, grapefruit, and passion fruit to Japan; and shrimp,grapefruit, litchi, rambutan, processed poultry and cattle meat to the Republicof Korea.
It is important to invest more in improving the processingand preservation to increase the added value of products.
The ministry will maintain the effective implementation offree trade agreements (FTAs) signed with other countries and regions over theworld, as well as the coordination with Vietnamese embassies, and trade andagriculture offices to collect and provide information about foreignmarkets and tastes for local businesses, and help them boost trade promotion,stated Hoan.
According to the minister, the export value of Vietnameseagro-forestry-aquatic products in the first five months of this year hit 23.2billion USD, up 16.8 percent year-on-year.
The US, China and Japan were the three largest importers,accounting for 28 percent, 17.8 percent and 7 percent of the market share,respectively./.
VNA
