Vietnamese agricultural products favoured in choosy EU market
Amidst difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the EU still sees many bright signs as Vietnamese enterprises have directly exported fresh fruits to foreign partners.
Hanoi (VNA) - Amidst difficulties caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic, the export of agricultural and aquatic products to the EUstill sees many bright signs as Vietnamese enterprises have directly exportedfresh fruits to foreign partners.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, in thefirst seven months of 2021, the EU was Vietnam’s third biggest marketafter the US and China, with a total export turnover of 22.6 billion USD, up15.6 percent year-on-year.
Of the 28.6 billion USD worth of export revenues ofagro-fishery-forestry products, the EU market accounted for 11 percent.
The year 2021 is considered an important milestone whenfruits such as fresh litchi and longan are directly exported to WesternEuropean countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, and theUK by Vietnamese companies. It is noteworthy that Vietnam’s fresh litchi is sold not onlyin the Asian supermarket or stores but also European supermarket chains.
A representative of the Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium andthe EU said that to help Vietnamese goods better access the EU market, it will coordinate with the Department of Agricultural Product Processingand Market Development under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmentto make a list of prestigious fruit processing and exporting enterprises acrossthe country to connect with partners, and continue looking for new onesin the EU.
The office proposed localities pay more attentionto calling on domestic exporters to closely link with households andbusinesses and cooperatives to promote production with Global GAPcertification, and support exporters to ensure the smooth circulation of commodities.
Regarding the export of aquatic products to the EU market, arepresentative of the Vietnam Trade Office in Spain advised exporters to fullymeet technical standards on food safety and hygiene from catching, preservingto processing and transporting so as not to violate current food safetyregulations of the EU in general and Spain in particular.
The EU and Spain are increasingly interested in the socialresponsibility of enterprises in producing and exporting goods of the thirdcountries./.
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Vietnamese longan (Photo: VNA) 
