Strictly comply with export market regulations

Mr. Bien Tan Tai, deputy director of the Binh Thuan Ministry of Industry and Commerce, said that currently, Binh Thuan dragon fruit is mainly exported to the Chinese market. Mr. Tai predicted that consumption of dragon fruit will thrive from now until the end of the year. Currently, China is creating more and more favorable conditions for Vietnam to export agricultural, forestry and fisheries products, solve congestion at border crossings, and cooperate in epidemic prevention and control.

Therefore, the time for customs clearance of export goods at the border gates will be shortened and smooth, goods will not be congested at the border gates. In particular, the demand for dragon fruit consumption by people before, during and after the Lunar New Year will increase.

“Although it is predicted that the consumption of dragon fruit will flourish in the near future, the Chinese market as well as other countries have technical barriers, especially regulations on quality standards and traceability, provenance, tightening of food safety management, quarantine barriers… Therefore , manufacturers and companies consuming dragon fruit on Exporting to the Chinese market as well as other markets must pay attention to the following factors: factors related to food safety, traceability, labeling and packaging, while updating the export standards required by receiving countries.” noted Mr.

According to Mr. Tai, manufacturing households and enterprises, particularly for the Chinese market, must continue to carefully study and properly understand the provisions of Regulations 248 and 249 in order to apply them to manufacturing activities and export to the Chinese market The regulations. Pay special attention to strictly control the origin of input materials, records of growing areas, factory conditions, hygienic conditions, food safety, proactive collection of information and new requirements of the Chinese market. …

In addition to complying with market regulations, enterprises must give priority to the research and application of high technology in preservation and processing, as well as increase investment in equipment renovation, advanced technology lines, current large and synchronous; Diversify processed products, improve deep processing.

Binh Thuan Province encourages companies to invest in the value chain in cooperation with farmers and set up a plan to actively regulate production according to market needs; Ensuring strict control over the use of chemicals, growth stimulants… throughout the dragon fruit production and consumption chain to meet the needs of each market.

Ensure the best consumption for the Tet holiday

In order to improve the efficiency of Binh Thuan’s trade promotion activities and the competitiveness of Binh Thuan’s dragon fruit in the coming period, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Binh Thuan recommends that the ministries and branches continue to support the market situation and provide information on the market situation. legal policy, technical barriers to trade; Recommendations from the stages of cultivation, handling, canning, transportation and export to ensure product freshness and quality, and experience in developing potential markets to help provincial enterprises find partners to develop markets, expand and promote import and export activities.

At the same time, Binh Thuan also wants to create favorable conditions to support the Binh Thuan Dragon Fruit Association, enterprises to study the market, link trade, participate in the product distribution system… in participating in trade promotion programs organized in other countries . In addition, supporting the province to participate in projects and projects to improve the dragon fruit tree value chain in a modern and synchronous direction from production to processing and consumption; Supporting the search and inviting foreign companies to visit the site to survey and find partners to import goods and products of local companies, especially products with provincial advantages. In addition, supporting the organization of provincial business delegations to participate in forums and professional conferences on the introduction of dragon fruit products.

For the Provincial People’s Committee, the Binh Thuan Ministry of Industry and Commerce proposes to instruct the relevant departments and branches to check the production situation and specifically guide the places to develop a reasonable dragon fruit production plan that can meet the forecast demand of the consumption market corresponds to coming time, avoiding the situation of local surplus crisis, deeply falling prices.

At the same time, export codes were issued to the dragon fruit packing plants in the province, which did well in the administration of dragon fruit growing areas, paying special attention to plants that were issued export codes for export to China. At the same time, monitor the situation, market developments and prices of agricultural products (mainly dragon fruit) to promptly advise the Provincial People’s Committee to guide measures to stabilize the market, so as not to allow small traders to pressure prices, pressure and harm the producers…; continue to carry out effective trade promotion activities (direct, online), expand domestic and foreign consumption markets, quickly promote the consumption of dragon fruit products in the harvest season from now to the end of the year to mark the Lunar New Year.

Mr. Phan Van Tan, deputy director of Binh Thuan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that Binh Thuan’s dragon fruit is mainly consumed in the form of fresh fruit and some processed products such as dragon fruit juice in the market, fruit wine, dried dragon fruit, dried fruit etc., where the domestic market accounts for about 15-20% of production; The remaining 80-85% of dragon fruit production is for export.