Fruit exports to China cleared earlier than expected
Vietnam’s fruit container trucks have been allowed custom clearance through China earlier than expected despite China's original plan to cease custom clearance for a week for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Chi Ma border gate which provides custom clearance for containers to export goods to China. (Photo: VNA)
LangSon (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam’s fruit container trucks have been allowedcustom clearance through China earlier than expected despite China's originalplan to cease custom clearance for a week for the Lunar New Year holiday.
AVietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association spokesperson said on January 5 thatthis was “good news for Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export [for thestart of the 2022 Lunar New Year.]”
InJanuary, China had announced that it would stop customs clearance of goods viabordering Lang Son province for the holiday from January 31 to February 6.
However,two of three of the province’s border gates to China resumed custom clearanceon February 3, with 115 containers exporting fruit cleared that day.
DangPhuc Nguyen, general secretary of the association, said that during the springseason, price of fruits exported to China would be high due to thecountry’s cold weather, leading to high demand for imported fruits.
Chinais Vietnam’s largest buyer of fruits and vegetables, accounting for 53.7 percentof Vietnam’s export in 2021.
However,exports to the country have been falling over the last two years.
Thecountry has been enforcing stricter regulations on agricultural produce importsin recent years.
NguyenThanh Binh, chairman of the association, said that domestic businesses need toimprove their capabilities to better satisfy China’s requirements and not losemarket share to other exporting countries.
Vietnamaims to export up to 4 billion USD worth of fruit and vegetables in 2022.
Fruitand vegetable exports in 2021 hit 3.56 billion USD, an 8.6 percent risecompared to 2020.
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Chi Ma border gate which provides custom clearance for containers to export goods to China. (Photo: VNA) 
