Vietnam looks to further fruit exports to Japan

Even though Japan is the fifth largest importer of Vietnam’s agricultural products, only three kinds of Vietnamese fresh fruits are being sold in the country.

A report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Export and Import Department showed that Vietnam earned US$1.46 billion from exporting agricultural products and seafood to Japan last year, a year-on-year increase of 6.6 per cent. Of these, vegetables and fruits were valued at $75.1 million, up 1.5 per cent.

The department said the implementation of Vietnam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement had opened a great opportunity for Vietnamese exports to enter this market, in which agricultural products and seafood had been given tariff preferences.

However, Japan is a market that demands high food hygiene and safety and implements many measures, as well as technical barriers on the import agricultural products.

“Meeting Japan’s quality standards is a compulsory requirement for every importer. The Vietnamese exporters will have to meet the demand, if they want to penetrate this market,” Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Trần Quốc Khánh told chinhphu.gov.vn.

source: vietnamnews.vn

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