Customs issues announcement on plant quarantine requirements for fresh coconuts from Vietnam

Vietnamese coconuts are grown across the country and exported to 90 countries, with major markets including Europe, America, the Middle East, Japan, and South Korea. In 2023, coconut exports brought in US$243 million. China is a significant market for Vietnamese coconuts, but imports are subject to strict regulations to prevent quarantine pests. Exporting farms must have a quality management system, traceability system, and follow good agricultural practices and integrated pest management. The imported coconuts are required to undergo inspection and quarantine before entry into China.

Vietnamese coconuts are mainly grown in the central coastal provinces and the Mekong Delta, with a planting scale of nearly 200,000 hectares and an output of about 2 million tons, ranking seventh in the world. Vietnamese coconuts are exported to 90 countries and regions, with major markets including Europe, America, the Middle East, Japan and South Korea. In 2023, the export of fresh coconuts and products totaled US$243 million. The customs announcement shows that the fresh coconuts allowed to be imported from Vietnam include green coconuts with fruit stalks ≤5cm and peeled coconuts. The quarantine pests of concern to China include spiral whiteflies, mango wheel shield scales, coconut heart leaf beetles, curved jawed termites, Libilly gray mealybugs, new pineapple gray mealybugs, mango original cottony scales, coconut weaving moths, East Asian coconut mealybugs, South Asian hip-striped mealybugs, and red palm weevils A. Ceroplastes septempunctata, Diplocorrhiza cocoa, Microporus ...