Rice exporters told to meet Chinese quality requirements as shipments slump
Tuesday, August 28,2018AsemconnectVietnam - To sustain their rice exports to China, a large buyer, Vietnamese firms need to focus on meeting food safety and traceability requirements and carry on official instead of border trade, according to experts.
China continued to be the biggest importer of Vietnamese rice, accounting for 26.8 per cent, followed by Indonesia (18.2 per cent) and the Philippines (10.4 per cent).
A total of 891,000 tonnes were shipped, with sticky rice accounting for a large share.
As a result Viet Nam’s exports dropped sharply.
Nguyen Thi Mai Linh of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s import-export department said exporters met with certain difficulties after China adjusted tariffs on ASEAN rice.
They have called on farmers to reduce the cultivation of sticky rice and switch to other varieties to avoid too much dependence on China. Currently, more than 80 per cent of sticky rice goes to China.
But the Chinese side now wants to control border trade to better manage quality and avoid tax losses and has instructed importers to do official imports, he said.
But they should diversify their markets to avoid too much reliance on that market, he said.
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