According to the Import and Export Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Chinese rice importers had visited Ho Chi Minh City and Long An Province in Vietnam to find new business opportunities with their Vietnamese rice suppliers.
The Chinese delegation consisting of 22 companies includes rice importing companies from Guangdong Province, China. This is the second time that a Chinese business delegation has visited Vietnam this year to promote bilateral trade between the two countries in the rice field.
According to Tradedigits’s China customs data, China is the major importer of Vietnamese rice, accounting for about 25% of Vietnam’s total rice exports. In the first 10 months of this year, China’s rice imports from Vietnam reached 1.24 million tons, worth 640 million US dollars. In the Chinese rice import market, Vietnamese rice products account for nearly 50% of China’s total rice imports.
The visit to Vietnam ended on November 17th. And it is one of the activities under the Rice Trade Promotion Program this year. The visit was organized by the Import and Export Department and the Asian and African Marketing Department, and was held in cooperation with the Vietnam Trade Office in Guangzhou, China, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Longan.
During the visit, the Chinese delegation participated in activities connecting Vietnamese companies and Chinese partners, and visited the rice production and processing facilities in Longan Province and the food fair in Ho Chi Minh City.
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