HANOI, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Thursday issued a decision to stop importing peanuts, cassia seeds, cocoa beans and peas from Indonesia due to high risk of Caryedon serratus (Olivier) injection.
The decision will take effect from Thursday, reported local Bao Dau Tu (Vietnam Investment Review) online newspaper.
According to the MARD, in 2016 alone, over 5,000 tons of Indonesia-imported goods had been detected with living Olivier insects.
From Jan. 5 to 16, 2016, the MARD continued to detect 40 more containers with Indonesian origins that contained nearly 1,000 tons of peanuts injected with the insect.
MARD assessed this is a dangerous insect in Vietnamese list of phytosanitary objects. The insect that has never been in Vietnamese soil is said to cause huge damage to stocked agricultural products.
Before issuing the decision, MARD said it has sent multiple warnings to Indonesian plant quarantine organization. However, the situation has not improved, and so far, the Indonesian side has made no response, reported Bao Dau Tu.
