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UKRAINE’S FOOD AUTHORITY INVITES VIETNAMESE COLLEAGUES TO INSPECT BIOSECURITY PROCEDURES FOR WHEAT EXPORTS

13 October , 2017  

KYIV. Oct 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine’s Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection has invited the plant protection department of Vietnam to visit Ukraine and study the biosecurity procedures for exporting wheat.
The Ukrainian authority said in a press release that the issue was discussed at a meeting of the Ukrainian-Vietnamese intergovernmental commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation.
The sides discussed the state and prospects for Ukrainian-Vietnamese cooperation in agriculture and pointed out the importance of its further development.
The commission members discussed the placing of Ukraine to the list of countries that have the right to export crops to Vietnam.
The special attention was paid to restoration of exports of Ukrainian wheat to the country.
“The fruitful work of the intergovernmental commission gives grounds to count on settling all disputable issues in bilateral trade between the countries by the end of this year,” Head of Ukraine’s Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Volodymyr Lapa said.
He said that Ukraine is ready to apply the reciprocity principle in exports and imports of agricultural products and food.