[NEWS] – China opens its borders, benefits from fruit and vegetable exports

With the border opening, it is expected that in 2023, vegetable and fruit exports to China will reach 2.5-3 billion USD, of which durian and dragon fruit have the highest turnover.

On January 8, 2023, China officially opened its borders, which will help the fruit and vegetable industry develop more. This opening will help reduce the time through goods at border gates and seaports. Previously, when implementing the Zero Covid policy, China strictly checked and slowed down the customs clearance process.

Besides, the reopening will create opportunities for businesses and partners on both sides of the border to have the opportunity to exchange and contact directly, the reliability is also greatly increased compared to just contacting online.

In addition, for commodities that have signed the protocol, Vietnam will soon open more codes of growing areas and codes of packing facilities. Currently, China has issued 113 growing area codes and packing establishment codes, 300 growing area codes, and packing facility codes are being considered, the opening of the border helps in inspection and reality at the border areas. planting area and packing facility will be more convenient. Besides, with exported products but no protocol, it is likely to promote the signing of new protocols.

Prospects and directions for exporting agricultural products 

In 2019, the export of vegetables and fruits to the Chinese market reached 2.43 billion USD. However, when the Covid-19 epidemic occurred, fruit and vegetable exports to this market were affected and decreased. In 11 months of 2022, it will reach more than 1.37 billion USD, it is estimated that the whole year of exports to this market will reach 1.5 billion USD.

Up to now, Vietnam has 5 products of plant origin exported to China in the form of signing the protocol, including mangosteen, black jelly, durian, banana, and sweet potato. At the same time, there are 7 allowed traditional export fruit products: mango, dragon fruit, longan, lychee, watermelon, rambutan, and jackfruit. In addition, Vietnam is temporarily exporting fresh passion fruit and chili peppers to neighboring markets. Besides, a number of commodities are continuing to negotiate to open the market such as grapefruit, custard apple, coconut, plum, and lemon...

In addition, it is recommended that industry associations, enterprises, and traders export agricultural products and fruits to focus on packaging, packaging, and labeling; implement traceability and sign official contracts to officially export fruit and agricultural products to China.

China’s opening is an opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to boost exports to this billion-people market. Therefore, businesses need a unit that can support them to be able to go faster. Indochina Holdings offers a "trade promotion" service with an experienced team that can help your business overcome any problems. Typically, Ngon Nhat Rice Company, as one of the partners, successfully exported ST25 rice to the US market.