Vietnam ready to export first batch of sweet potatoes to China
Vietnam’s 70 sweet potato cultivation areas and 13 packaging facilities have been licenced to export to China, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD)’s Plant Protection Department.
Hanoi (VNA) ꦫ– Vietnam’s 70 sweet potato cultivation areas and 13 packagingfacilities have been licenced to export to China, reported the Ministry ofAgriculture and Rural Development (MARD)’s Plant Protection Department.
General director ofthe department Hoang Trung said, on November 9, 2022, the MARD and the General Administration of Customs China (GACC) signed a protocol on quarantinerequirements for sweet potato exports to China. The GACC recently senta diplomatic note to the department to inform the results of inspection on Vietnameseenterprises that export sweet potatoes to China. During the onlineinspection of 23 Vietnamese sweet potato packaging facilities, Chineseauthorities revealed that 13 out of the establishments fully meet thephytosanitary requirements outlined under the provisions of the protocol. The Chinese side alsoconfirmed that 70 of Vietnam's sweet potato growing areas meet thestringent standards under the terms of the protocol. The department has also come up with plansto ship the first batch of sweet potatoes to China. Vietnam is now home to about 100,000ha of sweet potatocultivation areas with a total output of 1.2-1.3 million tonnes, which areabundant for export./.
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