Export requirements for Vietnam market

Important note

The export requirements library outlines destination country requirements you need to meet when exporting. Their purpose is to facilitate access to overseas markets for Cambodian exporters.

The destination country conditions provided below are based on information available Department of Post-harvest Technologies and Quality Control (DFPTQ) at the time of posting (June 2024). Before you commence full-scale production and export your products to a foreign market, it is your responsibility to confirm the current import, regulatory and commercial requirements with the importer and the foreign competent authority. You are responsible for ensuring that your exports comply with applicable Cambodian and importing country requirements. When you request an export certificate, the DFPTQ may request that you provide written documentation or verification to confirm that your products have met Cambodian and importing country requirements.

Eligible/ineligible product

Eligible

  • Non-live fish
  • Live aquatic animals which originate from Cambodian waters and which have been authorized for import by Vietnamese authorities

Ineligible

  • Live aquatic animals which do not meet the above-mentioned criteria

Pre-export approvals by the competent authority of the importing country

Import permit

  • For consignments containing any live species of aquatic animals, except Pacific Oyster (Crassostrea gigas), it is the importer’s and exporter’s responsibility to obtain a valid import licence or permit issued by the Vietnamese Authorities prior to import.
  • Except for Pacific Oyster, which can be imported into Vietnam without the need for a risk assessment or import permit, all other live aquatic animal species from Cambodia are required to undergo a risk assessment approval process through the General Department of Fisheries of Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) before an import permit can be issued.

Establishments

  • Establishments wishing to export non-viable fish and seafood products that are not processed or pre-packaged must appear on the list of countries eligible to export fishery products to Vietnam (in Vietnamese only). As of July 18, 2017, responsibility for approving foreign establishments to export foodstuffs of animal origin and for maintaining the above-noted list rests with the Department of Animal Health (DAH) of Vietnam’s MARD.
  • Establishments do not need to appear on the approved list if the products are:
    • cooked by boiling or steaming, smoked, dried, marinated, and/or salted; and
    • pre-packaged with proper labelling, for example, canned or pouched, or
    • for a declared purpose of further processing and re-export (not for local consumption in Vietnam). For these situations, an export certificate from CFIA is still required and the statement about further processing and re-export needs to be entered on the certificate.

Note: This information is unofficial and it is the exporter’s responsibility to confirm with their importer and/or the Cambodian embassy in Vietnam that their product does not need to appear on the list.

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