Vietnam Customs online reported on August 18 that the Chinese side suspended the import of the product due to the counterfeiting of the origin and counterfeit planting area code of Kao Ling Mango in Tongta Province, Vietnam, which was confirmed by Nguyen Kwun Hyo, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Plant Protection Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam..

Nguyen Kwun Hyo said that since June 2020, China Customs has discovered that about 220 batches of fresh mangoes imported from Vietnam contain harmful organisms, many of which are labeled with codes for the cultivation area of the Mei chong Mango Cooperative in Kao Ling County. However, the mango season of Mei Chong Cooperative was over at that time. The direct reason for this is that Vietnamese exporters lent codes to each other. Secondly, because the importer has applied for an import license, it is necessary to use the code approved on the license, and this code must also be provided when exporting. Many companies counterfeit the planting area code of the Mei Chong Mango Cooperative in Kao Ling County.

Regarding the export of fruits to China, Nguyen Guiyang, deputy director of the Plant Protection Agency, stated that in May 2018, China had issued information on strengthening control over Vietnamese fruits exported to China through general trade or other forms (such as through consignors). The Chinese party requires that traceable products need to provide the planting area code and packaging agency code. These are the two basic requirements of general trade for exporting fruits to China.

In order to prevent the Vietnamese fruit industry from falling into a passive position when trading with the Chinese market, the leaders of the Plant Protection Bureau emphasized that what must be done at present is to continue to verify the area of the issued planting area code, promote production according to the VietGAP standard, and obtain VietGAP certification. In addition, in order to sell products to China and other developed countries, a policy that allows farmers to form groups and cooperatives to produce goods should also be introduced.

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