43 provinces register information to export fruit to China

VietNamNet Bridge – The National Agro-forestry and Fisheries Quality Assurance Department (Nafiqad) has sent an official letter to the Chinese side, providing a list of fruit-growing areas, fruit-packaging establishments and exporters of five types of fruit to China.

The official letter was sent on June 29 by Nafiqad to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China.

According to Nafiqad Deputy Director Nguyen Nhu Tiep, there are two ways of collecting and exporting fruit (litchis, longan, bananas, dragon fruit and watermelon) to China.

Merchants either collect fruit per order of Chinese clients and then export it in bulk to be packaged later, or collect fruit and then package it for direct export or sale to establishments that export to China.

Therefore, the lists the Vietnamese side sent to China include 1/ a list of fruit-growing areas 2/ list of establishments that collect fruit and export fruit in bulk and 3/ list of establishments that package fruit for direct export or sale to establishments that export to China.

The lists will be updated and sent to Chinese concerned agencies whenever there are changes or new information comes up.

Watermelon proves to be the type of fruit that has been registered the most, by 43 provinces. Fourteen provinces have registered to export litchis, including big litchi-growing areas in Hai Duong, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen and Vinh Phuc. Twenty eight provinces have registered as longan-growing areas, 30 provinces have registered to export bananas and three to export dragon fruit.

The list of the establishments that collect and export fruit in bulk includes one enterprise and 56 establishments for litchi export, nine enterprises and 137 establishments for longan, one enterprise and five establishments for banana export, one enterprise and 19 establishments for watermelon export. There are also 44 enterprises and 14 establishments that have registered to export dragon fruit in bulk.

Currently, there are five establishments that package fruit for sale to establishments specialising in exporting fruit to China. All of them are in Binh Thuan province.

In the official letter, Nafiqad asked Chinese concerned agencies to create favourable conditions for Vietnamese establishments to maintain the existing ways of collecting and exporting fruit.

The agency has asked the Chinese side to provide a list of orchards and fruit-packaging workshops in China which export fruit to Vietnam prior to July 1 as agreed upon by the two sides at a meeting on January 9, 2009.

Ha Yen