Gia Lai promotes agricultural exports to the Chinese market

(Chinhphu.vn) - The large and potential Chinese market is considered a golden opportunity for Gia Lai to boost the export of key agricultural products, from coffee, pepper, rubber to fruits and medicinal herbs.

Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between Gia Lai enterprises and Chinese enterprises

Committed to supporting businesses to "conquer" the market of 1.5 billion people

At the conference on promoting exports to the Chinese market in 2025 organized by the Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee on August 18, Ms. Do Thi Minh Tram, Deputy Director of the Department of Innovation, Green Transformation and Industrial Promotion ( Ministry of Industry and Trade ), emphasized that China is one of the largest, most stable and potential markets of Vietnam, especially for agricultural products, seafood, food and wooden products.

"However, to maintain and expand exports, businesses need to strictly meet requirements on quality, traceability, packaging, preservation and distribution systems. The Ministry of Industry and Trade is committed to accompanying localities and businesses with many solutions: connecting supply and demand through the trade system in China; negotiating to expand the list of agricultural products that can be officially exported; supporting the registration of codes for growing areas and packaging facilities; promoting cross-border e-commerce and participating in specialized international fairs," said Ms. Do Thi Minh Tram.

Mr. Dao Viet Anh, Head of International Relations Department, Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade, former Trade Counselor of the Vietnamese Embassy in China) also affirmed that Vietnam's export prospects to China are very positive when the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries continues to be strengthened, the demand for goods in the market of 1.5 billion people is diverse and stable, and many Vietnamese agricultural products have opened their markets.

According to Mr. Dao Viet Anh, the Trade Promotion Agency is implementing many programs to support businesses such as organizing delegations to attend major fairs in Kunming, Nanning, Shanghai; coordinating to build a "Vietnam National Pavilion" on the Alibaba platform; connecting direct trade in Vietnam with Chinese businesses; and compiling publications to guide businesses on official export regulations.

Conference scene

Exploiting the advantages of red basalt land, aiming for sustainable export

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Tuan Thanh said that Gia Lai is a land with great potential for developing key crops such as coffee, pepper, rubber, fruits and medicinal herbs. Together with the transport infrastructure system, Quy Nhon seaport and Le Thanh international border gate, the province has the advantage to form a sustainable production - processing - consumption chain to serve exports.

In the first 6 months of 2025, Gia Lai achieved a GRDP growth rate of 7.5%, with total export turnover reaching 2.3 billion USD, up 30.9% over the same period. Many key agricultural products such as coffee, pepper, rubber latex, fresh and deeply processed fruits have affirmed their position in the Chinese market. Some typical enterprises have played a key role in building raw material areas, developing processing technology and transparent traceability, meeting international standards.

In the coming time, Gia Lai province has identified the key task as continuing to strongly improve the investment environment, focusing on investing in completing the socio -economic infrastructure system, especially transport infrastructure, logistics, seaports and border gates, to strengthen regional and international connectivity, reduce transportation costs, and enhance the competitiveness of agricultural export products. Industrial zones and clusters are also planned synchronously, serving the needs of deep processing, preservation and distribution of goods.

In the agricultural sector, Gia Lai aims to build large-scale, concentrated raw material areas in line with international standards; encourage businesses to invest in modern processing technology, ensuring transparent traceability of origin, meeting strict requirements from the Chinese market and other international markets.

The province encourages the production - processing - consumption linkage model, taking enterprises as the core and farmers as the main subjects, aiming at sustainable development and increasing the added value of products.

At the conference, enterprises from Guangxi and Gia Lai provinces signed 7 memorandums of understanding on cooperation; opening up opportunities to realize the goal of bringing agricultural products and processed products of Gia Lai province to deeply access the Chinese market.

Minh Trang

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