Seven businesses licensed to export bird's nests to China
Seven Vietnamese businesses have been allowed to export bird's nest products to China so far, said Tran Thi Thu Phuong, Head of the Office of International Cooperation and Communications of the Department of Animal Health under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Vietnam's annual bird's nest output is about 150 tonnes worth over 600 million USD. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – SevenVietnamese businesses have been allowed to export bird's nest products to China so far, said Tran Thi Thu Phuong, Head of the Office of International Cooperation and Communications of the Department of Animal Health underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Phuong said since the first batch of Vietnamese bird's nest products wasexported to China in November l🃏ast year, over 700 kg of bird's nests have beeꦫnexported to this market.
She advised businesses to register with the Department of Animal Health for licensing before engaging in exports. Recently, the Hai Yen Nha Trang One Member Limited (TheHai Yen) has exported its first batch of bird's nests to China by air.
CEO of The Hai Yen Tran Thanh Hai said the company has considered exportingbird's nests to the Chinese market as its strategic goal.
To produce high-quality products, The Hai Yen has paid special attention to carefully selectingand developing resources of high-quality raw materials, applying advancedprocessing techniques to better the quality of products and preserve the bestnutritional content of bird's nests, she noted.
China is the world largest bird’s nest consuming marketwith a demand of more than 300 tonnes per year, accounting for about 80% of theglobal consumption.
Chinese data showed that China imported 220 tonnes of bird’s nests in 2020,more than 300 tonnes in 2021 and 425 tonnes in 2022, mostly from Indonesia,Malaysia, Thailand and now Vietnam.
In Vietnam, swift farming for nests forcommercial purposes is a new industry, which started in 2004 in southernprovinces and has since developed rapidly over the last decade.
Currently, 42 out of 63 provinces engage in bird'snest farming with over 22,000 bird's nest houses. Vietnam's annual bird's nestoutput is about 150 tonnes worth over 600 million USD. With the effectivenessof the protocol with China, the bird's nest industry has many opportunities fordevelopment.
To facilitate businesses’ bird's nest exports,the Department of Animal Health hasissued detailed guidelines on the registration process for exporting bird'snests from Vietnam to China. It also issued guidelines and organised thesupervision of disease prevention and food safety in accordance with regulationsstaꦡted in the protocol./.
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A ceremony was held in the northern border province of Lang Son to announce the export of first batch of bird’s nest products to China following a protocol signed in November of 2022 between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Chinese General Administration of Customs.
Vietnam has exported bird’s nests to China by air for the first time, which once again reflects opportunities for the bird’s nest industry to develop sustainably, especially after a protocol on bird’s nest export to China was signed.
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Vietnam's annual bird's nest output is about 150 tonnes worth over 600 million USD. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
