China has not imposed ban on Vietnamese chili imports
VOV.VN - The Asia- Africa Market Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade has stated that a document which supposedly details China's ban on imports of Vietnamese chilies is a forgery and was not issued by the General Department of Customs of China.
This comes after the department received a document on April 1 from the Shenzhen (China) Customs regarding a ban placed upon Vietnamese chili imports as from April 1 under the direction of the General Department of Customs of China.
When made fully aware of this issue, the Trade Office of the Vietnamese Embassy in China urgently worked on verifying the source and accuracy of the information alongside the General Department of Customs of China.
Following a swift investigation into the matter, the Import-Export Food Safety Department under the General Department of Customs of China confirmed that the "text" image use on the document is fake and was not issued by the Chinese side. In addition, the content within the "text" image contains a number of errors in terms of format and language, whilst there are also preliminary signs of image editing, it said.
Despite this discovery, Vietnamese chili exports to the Chinese market since May, 2020, have faced some problems in terms of testing and quarantine.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is currently working alongside the Chinese side in order to deal with these problems in the hope of making the export of Vietnamese chili products to the Chinese market return to normal soon.