The Protocol that was signed recently by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the General Administration of Customs China (GACC) will bring opportunities and benefits to Vietnamese banana growers and exporters. The Protocol on plant quarantine for Vietnamese fresh bananas exported to China is one of the 13 agreements inked by the Vietnamese and Chinese ministries, agencies and localities during Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to China from October 30 to November 1.
According to MARD Minister Le Minh Hoan, the Protocol will ensure the official export of bananas at stable prices, facilitate customs clearance at border gates to ease overload of farm produce and banana products there while improving the prestige of Vietnamese bananas. More than 430,000 tons of Vietnamese bananas under quarantine were shipped to China in 2020. The volume increased to 574,000 tons in 2021 and 591,000 tons in the first nine months of this year.