At the press conference about the situation of goods congestion at the border gates of Lang Son province, Mr. Ho Toa Cam – Economic and Commercial Counselor, Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, said that every year there is a problem. The situation of agricultural production stagnation to China, but this year is the most serious because of the COVID-19 epidemic.
He said that due to the COVID-19 epidemic, it was difficult for the two sides to meet, exchange and sign a Protocol to export more official fruits. Mr. Cam suggested that the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam research and work online with the General Department of Customs of China to promote this content.
Chinese leaders also directed ministries and branches, especially the General Administration of Customs of China, to ensure that goods must be cleared through customs smoothly, but epidemic prevention is still the top priority. Therefore, in order to clear goods quickly, the two sides must strengthen epidemic prevention at border gates.
“With information that China will suspend customs clearance for 14 days or 60 days, I have not determined where the information comes from. We have not received this notice and will check this information,” said Mr. Ho Toa. Cam said.
According to the VNA, Mr. Ho Tien Thieu, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Lang Son province, said that by the morning of December 20, there were 4,598 trucks transporting agricultural products waiting to be exported to China at the border gates of Lang Son province.
In recent days, goods arriving at Lang Son border gates have increased sharply. Meanwhile, in order to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic, the functional forces of the Guangxi government, China have implemented very drastic solutions when there is information about a number of specialized drivers exporting to China as well. such as some goods with SARS-CoV-2 virus.
According to Vietnamnet, at the border gates in Quang Ninh, there are also more than 1,000 container trucks waiting for export. Representative of Ho Chi Minh City Customs Branch. Mong Cai (Quang Ninh) said, among these more than 1,000 container trucks, most of them are agricultural products, including: more than 300 containers of Vietnamese fruits, about 100 containers of Thai fruits and over 700 containers of frozen seafood products. .
Recently, Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh asked relevant ministries, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, based on their assigned functions and tasks, to continue to strictly and fully implement the Prime Minister’s direction. on promoting production, circulation, consumption and export of agricultural products in the context of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control.
Accordingly, relevant ministries, branches and localities have solutions to respond to changes in the export market in general and the Chinese market in particular, in order to create more favorable conditions for production, customs clearance and export activities. goods.
At the same time, ensuring that the agricultural production chain is not interrupted; at the same time review and prepare fully the conditions for the next production crop.
T&G International Joint Stock Company
Address: 352 Hue Street, Le Dai Hanh Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi
Hotline: 0345786803
Email: hrm@tginterjsc.com
Website: http://tginternationaljsc.com
