Agricultural exports: Cassava potential, Rice bleak
National reports assess the export potential of Industry and Trade has been announced shows, of the 16 groups of goods have high export potential, cassava and cassava products are "scores of" first in group This, while rice fell into the low potential group.
Cassava has high export potential, but needs to avoid dependence China
In the list of commodities with high export potential, cassava is ranked first. Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, Head Consultant assessed the export potential, said: Cassava adaptable to living conditions, mainly grown in the north-central, Central Coast, Central Highlands, Central and mountainous north and southeast.
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Cassava adaptable to living conditions (Photo: KT)
Citing data from the General Administration of Customs, Hang prove, in 2012, the export value of cassava and cassava products reached $ 1.37 billion, while in 2013 reached $ 1.1 billion. Vietnam cassava's market share on the world market reached 27.3%. The good point is the export of cassava market is increasingly expanding, from numbers 59 countries and territories in 2009, has quickly grown to nearly 100 in 2012.
However, a disturbed with the policy advice is, whether group commodities with high export potential, but currently 85% of the total export value of cassava industry Vietnam belongs to Chinese market Korea. Therefore, in order to promote export of cassava in the future, "Vietnam should prioritize diversification of export markets to gradually reduce dependence on the Chinese market" - Hang noted.
To achieve this goal, Hang said that, in addition to efforts to promote trade to other markets, should increase support for infrastructure and science and technology for the cassava sector, especially for processing cassava and cassava products. Along with that, to ensure the sustainable development of the cassava sector, government and enterprises should attach importance to environmental protection, as this sector has a high risk of causing pollution and soil erosion.
Rice exports will be difficult in the coming years?
For years, rice is the staple food items of Vietnam, an important contribution to national food security, job creation and labor for a large part of the country, generating income for area residents Rural and contribute significantly to agricultural exports of the country. However, according to a national report on the export potential of this new, classified only rice sector have low export potential.
Explaining this, Nguyen Thi Thu Hang, Head Consultant assessed the export potential, said: Although rice exports continued increase in output in recent years, the value obtained from rice exports no commensurate increase.
For example, in 2013, although revenue from export of rice was slightly lower than 2012, but still reached almost $ 3 billion (6.6 million tonnes). Currently, the Government is implementing restructuring oriented agriculture with agricultural restructuring, under which other crops profitable and sustainable is encouraged into production instead of just concentrating plant silk.
In addition, world rice market is in excess reserves with the presence of many new suppliers, goods export market of Vietnam will face many difficulties in the coming years. Thus, although exports continued to see rice as strategic agricultural commodities, rice export potential experts still assessed to be low.
To reduce risk and improve profitability, the researcher made this report recommends, should choose the market segment of high quality rice for export and specialties in the future, also need attention in the processing diversified products from rice. /.
On 30.07.2014, the Department of Economics and the Swiss Federal Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Trade) organized a workshop to evaluate the potential country of export. This is the main activity in the inception phase of the program "Improving the export competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam through trade promotion system local". The program has been implemented on a national scale, focusing on a number of provinces / cities important. 3 clue program implemented locally as Hai Phong, Da Nang and Can Tho.
To evaluate the export potential of the group, this report is based on criteria commodities or commodity / service export potential not only include the export sector was good, but also industry yet never export or have exported limited quantities, but there are conditions necessary to be able to strong exports in the future. In particular, the assessment of the export potential based on three composite index: current export situation, the possibility of domestic supply, international market.
With this basis, the industry group was assessed in 5 sectors: agriculture, industry, fisheries, handicrafts and services. Accordingly, the industry has high export potential such as cassava, coffee, rubber, pepper and spices; textiles, footwear, electrical and electronic; catfish, tuna, shrimp; rattan, bamboo, ceramic, wood and articles of wood handicrafts, exports on the spot; tourism, labor export service.
Commodity group with average export potential, including fruits and vegetables, tea, honey, cashew and other nuts, forest products, machinery, textiles, metal, art, crafts, work Art, mollusks, transportation services, software services.
As for rice, sugarcane were classified as commodities have low export potential, besides other sectors such as embroidery products, products from paper crafts, gifts, vehicles, plastic ./.
