Hà Nội accelerates promotion of agricultural goods
According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Trần Thanh Nam, besides proposing localities to develop processing industries, the ministry has focused on implementing solutions to boost production to ensure domestic supply and serve exports.
The ministry is co-ordinating with authorities and businesses to facilitate border trade activities, accelerate customs clearance procedures, and prevent stagnation of goods, Nam said.
He added that it also paid attention to solutions to support trade promotion activities, diversifying goods distribution methods, and stimulating domestic consumption to prepare for harvest seasons.
Nam suggested localities that are home to sizeable raw material areas take initiatives to support the consumption of agricultural produce and avoid goods stagnation.
They should also update information on the production and circulation of agricultural products in the locality to adjust production plans according to market demand.
On the other hand, associations, industries and businesses need to closely co-operate with functional agencies of the ministries of agriculture and rural development and industry and trade to speed up the volume of goods consumed in the local market and develop more production linkages to stabilise the prices of agricultural produce, according to Nam.
To promote the consumption of agricultural products, state management agencies should support businesses to issue traceability stamps, said Bùi Thị Hạnh Hiếu, general director of Bảo Minh Business Agricultural Products Processing JSC in Hà Nội.
For her company, Hiếu added, it will focus on building high-quality rice material areas, investing in deep processing and building its brands to expand consumption in the domestic market and targeting export outlets later.
Besides the assistance of authorities and agricultural sectors, businesses need to focus on improving product quality, diversifying direct and online sales channels to cut costs and bring their products to consumers easily and conveniently, said the head of the Vietnam Retailers Association Vũ Thị Hậu.
Chairman of Đồng Giao Foodstuff Export JSC Đinh Cao Khuê agrees. He said his company had facilitated technology appliances in the deep processing of passion fruit for the official export quota.
In 二0 二0, Đồng Giao Foodstuff's unofficial quota of passion fruit exports accounted for 七 五 per cent of its total export. This figure was 二 五 per cent in 二0 二 一.
Thanks to the promotion of the official export quota, the price of products increased to VNĐ 二0,000 from VNĐ 七,000- 一0,000 per kg. — VNS
