The Vietnamese commercial counsellor in Mexico had a number ofmeetings with local officials and entrepreneurs over the past few daysto seek ways to help Vietnamese agricultural products make furtherinroads into the Latin American market.
During a dialogue on theagricultural and aquacultural trade in Mexico’s northern city of NuevoLaredo on November 14, Commercial Counsellor Hoang Tuan Viet saidVietnam’s key exports to Mexico included rice, pepper, coffee and basafish, adding that the Southeast Asian country is the fourth largest riceexporter to Mexico in 2013, after the US, India, and Uruguay.
He also briefed local officials and entrepreneurs on the Vietnamese market and import and export businesses.
Meetingwith Arturo Calderon Ruanova, General Director of Inspection at Mexico’s National Service for Plant, Animal, and Food Safety on the sidelinesof the dialogue, the counsellor suggested the two countries negotiate abilateral agreement on animal and plant quarantine, and accept customsclearance procedures by electronic quarantine certification so as toenhance Vietnam’s agricultural products on the Mexican market.
Earlier,Viet attended a working session with representatives of the MexicanMinistry of Economy in Laredo city and surveyed a number of tradecentres.
He also met with the local businesses Grupo Serval,Alcex International, and Inportaciones RAM-DAM, which said they are keento to import agricultural machinery and spare parts, trucks,motorcycles, agricultural products, and textile and garments fromVietnam.
Mexico is Vietnam’s second biggest Latin Americanimporter, after Brazil. Two-way trade topped 1.5 billion USD inrecent years.-VNA
During a dialogue on theagricultural and aquacultural trade in Mexico’s northern city of NuevoLaredo on November 14, Commercial Counsellor Hoang Tuan Viet saidVietnam’s key exports to Mexico included rice, pepper, coffee and basafish, adding that the Southeast Asian country is the fourth largest riceexporter to Mexico in 2013, after the US, India, and Uruguay.
He also briefed local officials and entrepreneurs on the Vietnamese market and import and export businesses.
Meetingwith Arturo Calderon Ruanova, General Director of Inspection at Mexico’s National Service for Plant, Animal, and Food Safety on the sidelinesof the dialogue, the counsellor suggested the two countries negotiate abilateral agreement on animal and plant quarantine, and accept customsclearance procedures by electronic quarantine certification so as toenhance Vietnam’s agricultural products on the Mexican market.
Earlier,Viet attended a working session with representatives of the MexicanMinistry of Economy in Laredo city and surveyed a number of tradecentres.
He also met with the local businesses Grupo Serval,Alcex International, and Inportaciones RAM-DAM, which said they are keento to import agricultural machinery and spare parts, trucks,motorcycles, agricultural products, and textile and garments fromVietnam.
Mexico is Vietnam’s second biggest Latin Americanimporter, after Brazil. Two-way trade topped 1.5 billion USD inrecent years.-VNA
