Vietnam directly supervises the disinfection of lychees exported to Japan

Japan authorizing Vietnam to supervise the disinfection treatment of lychees exported to the Japanese market could set a precedent for many other fruits.

Mr. Hoang Trung - Director of Plant Protection Department

The Government Electronic Newspaper had an exchange with Mr. Hoang Trung, Director of the Plant Protection Department about this issue.

Recently, the Japanese side has officially authorized the plant quarantine agency of Vietnam to supervise the entire process of disinfecting lychee batches exported to the Japanese market instead of having to send Japanese experts. to. Can you tell me more about this authorization, sir?

Mr. Hoang Trung: During the past time, under the direction of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Plant Protection Department has actively worked with the Quarantine Agency of Japan as well as the counselor of Japan in Vietnam to strengthen promotion. export lychee to the Japanese market. Through many negotiations, we are making efforts for the Japanese side to continue to 'open the door' to other Vietnamese fruits such as longan. At the same time, with the current complicated COVID-19 epidemic situation, you authorize Vietnamese quarantine experts to replace the Japanese quarantine experts, directly handling and disinfecting the shipment of lychee export to Japan.

Currently, the Japanese side has officially agreed to allow the plant quarantine agency of Vietnam to supervise the entire process of fumigation and treatment of lychees for export in accordance with regulations set forth by the two sides during the negotiation process.

How has the Plant Protection Department prepared to facilitate the monitoring of lychee shipments to Japan, sir?

Mr. Hoang Trung: In order to do this, Vietnam's plant quarantine experts must firmly grasp the Japanese regulations on how to step by step and step by step meet the requirements of their side.

After being processed, the lychee shipments exported to Japan must ensure the eradication of all plant quarantine objects that Japan is interested in. In addition, localities such as Hai Duong and Bac Giang are also very proactive, not only instructing farmers to fully meet the requirements in the process of planting, caring, and preventing pests from Japan, but also creating conditions for enterprises to complete lychee processing facilities.

Currently, Hai Duong province has 4 lychee processing facilities, Bac Giang has 2 facilities. Thorough inspection and evaluation, we found that all facilities met the technical requirements of the Japanese side.

In the coming time, the Department will send a phytosanitary expert to supervise on the spot, after the processing is complete, it will issue a certificate, seal it and transfer it to the airport for export to the Japanese market.

According to the plan, the Plant Quarantine Sub-department of Region 5 will be in charge of Bac Giang province, and the Plant Quarantine Sub-Department of Region 1 will be in charge of Hai Duong province. Sub-departments arrange plant quarantine officers to supervise and handle according to regulations and issue phytosanitary certificates promptly for lychees exported to Japan.

For other markets, staff will be arranged to work both holidays and overtime to carry out phytosanitary procedures quickly and most conveniently for export agricultural products, with special attention being paid to border gates with the high quantity of products lychee exports are large.

In your opinion, what advantages will Japan authorizing Vietnam to monitor for lychee fumigation treatment?

Mr. Hoang Trung: Being fully proactive in technical stages and proactive in scheduling without having to depend on experts will help the export of lychee to Japan ensure compliance with regulations and increase the quantity. This will greatly reduce the time, cost, and number of export shipments.

Currently, the market signal is very positive when businesses are eagerly registering plans to export lychee to Japan with a significant increase in quantity compared to 2020.

In my opinion, what is more important is that Japan's transfer of the entire lychee disinfection monitoring and treatment process to Vietnam has confirmed the quarantine capacity of Vietnamese plant quarantine officers, which is a premise for may create opportunities for some other fruits.

Thank you, Sir!

Source: Chinhphu.vn

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