Remove difficulties exporting agricultural - forestry - fishery

Remove difficulties exporting agricultural - forestry - fishery
KTNT - Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the ministries and agencies implement solutions to remove difficulties and boost exports of agricultural - forestry - fisheries.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the first 4 months of 2015, exports of agricultural, forestry, aquaculture is estimated at $ 8.5 billion, down 5.1% yoy. In particular, the export of agricultural products is estimated at $ 4.5 billion, down 5.1%; Seafood export is estimated at $ 1.9 billion, down 15%; export of timber and timber products is estimated at over $ 2 billion, up 6.6% yoy. In it is worth noting that exports of rice, coffee, aquatic products fell sharply.
These difficulties arise mainly export supply of abundant water, intense competition, especially rice, shrimp; many countries maintain low prices in local currency makes exports of Vietnam disadvantage; protectionist tendencies of the rising water; agricultural and fishery products exported to face food safety issues; trade promotion expense limit; now still difficult to access capital; financial capacity, competitiveness of enterprises is weak ...
Strengthening trade promotion
Before these challenges, the Deputy Prime Minister has instructed the Ministry of Industry and Trade under the authority established a joint working group to promote export and import management; focus accelerate the negotiation of trade agreements, bilateral cooperation agreements, multilateral to facilitate the export of agricultural, forestry and fisheries; strengthen trade promotion activities; Operating reasonable re-exports operations not to affect agriculture, forestry and fisheries exports via auxiliary border gates and border crossings.
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to review the regulations on plant quarantine to modify the regulations on quarantine and quarantine items inappropriate, making it difficult for exporters; examine and handle according to its competence to propose just quarantine certificates when importing country requirements.
Control freights
Deputy Prime Minister also asked the State Bank of Vietnam studying to handle according to their competence proposals on preferential credit package to exporters of agricultural, forestry, aquaculture; circumstances beyond their authority, reporting to the Prime Minister.
Ministry of Finance to consider proposals on the value added tax on goods tea, rubber and duties on semi-processed components and spare parts imported for production of technical rubber products; report to the Prime Minister in March 5/2015.
Simultaneously, the Ministry of Transport for consideration and handling of research proposals on specific mechanisms for motorized vehicles overloaded cargo for export of agricultural products and the increase of the cost control of the company ships; circumstances beyond their authority, reporting to the Prime Minister.