The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore recently had a working session with the Singapore Food Authority (SFA) on promoting the opening of the market for Vietnamese pork, chicken and poultry egg products in Singapore.
SFA representative said, Singapore Currently, we can only meet about 10% of total domestic food consumption needs, the remaining 90% is imported from abroad.
Every year, Singapore imports about 900 million USD worth of seafood (equivalent to 1.2 billion Singapore dollars), of which Vietnam supplies about 9.7%.
The country also imports about $1 billion worth of meat of all kinds. However, pork products, Fresh chicken and poultry eggs from Vietnam are still not allowed to be officially exported to the Singapore market.
At the meeting, Mr. Damian Chan - General Director of SFA - thanked the Trade Office of the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore for supporting SFA's working delegations to Vietnam for surveys in 2024.
SFA highly appreciates the scale of livestock farming, technology level and machinery and equipment in poultry slaughter and processing lines, and poultry egg production at enterprises in Vietnam.
SFA said, the chicken products Heat-processed poultry products from Vietnam may soon be considered for formal import approval into Singapore. Additionally, poultry eggs and other meat products may meet future requirements.
Dr. Abdul Jalil - Assistant General Director of SFA - added that at the end of February, SFA will conduct online assessments of a number of Vietnamese factories to complete the assessment process according to Singapore's regulations. Singapore also hopes that Vietnam will coordinate more closely in technical exchanges between SFA and Vietnamese agencies, hoping that the assessment process will be completed on schedule.
Mr. Tran Phuoc Anh - Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore - expressed his willingness to support and facilitate trade in goods between Vietnam and Singapore. The two sides agreed to update each other on regulations to ensure that local regulations are soon updated for businesses of the two countries.
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