Vietnam Adds New Ag Import Procedures to Single Window, Hopes for Completion in 2019

Vietnam is adding more agricultural import procedures to its National Single Window, in pursuit of the country’s goal to complete its electronic filing system in 2019, according to a report from the General Department of Vietnam Customs’ mouthpiece CustomsNews. The newly available Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development functionalities include granting import permits for plant protection drugs, as well as import and export permits for plant genetic resources. The new additions bring the agriculture ministry up to 18 out of 35 of its procedures now available in the single window. A major initiative that remains to be completed is programming for quarantine and quality control for food, animal feed materials and aquatic products with animal and plant origins, the report said.