Breakthrough cashew

Vietnam cashew industry began deep processing to add value to cashew up many times, instead of just exporting crude or semi-processed cashew. Business analysts in the world that the past years have oral tradition: "Talking to cashews - think of Vietnam".

Consecutive 10 years, Vietnam has topped the cashew exporter, accounting for 50% of total global production of cashew. The first 10 months of 2016, exports of cashew kernels continued to rise sharply, reaching 291 000 tonnes, earning US $ 2.33 billion.

2016 forecast, Vietnam 1.4 tons processed cashew nuts, export over 300,000 tons, sales staff can $ 3 billion, of which individual about $ 2.8 billion primary processing, post processing cashew shell depth and $ 2 billion, behind coffee exports, exports of rice before.

"Speaking of cashews - think of Vietnam"

6 major growing areas of Vietnam that has soil and climate are suitable for cashew, cashew 300,000 households on cashew 310.000ha considers as wild plants, almost no chemical fertilizer and spraying growth as well as plant protection products should for clean county, with fat, fleshy high.

Also the same thing a long time ago, now has 3 new varieties of high yield (if appropriate care can be reached 2.500 - 4.000kg / ha) are common farmers, grain quality and output color standards sew. It was the same PN1, ...

Enterprise (company) that the water industry is very surprised that Vietnam has made almost all machinery, equipment cashew processing with continuous processing technology, increasing automation, such as mowers , shelled, peeled silk, particle size distribution, particle conveyor choices, grain moisture meter and primary processing of raw materials, packaging machines ..., just enter a few color separation machine (the machine to identify the color type uneven colored beads).

Machinery, equipment and processing conditions of Vietnam not enough for more than 1,000 factories, cashew processing units (all private companies) but also exported to many countries, especially in Africa exported through.

Thereby Vietnam Cashew always have quality and design as required by the most demanding markets such as the US, France, Germany, Japan ... There are now 80 countries imports of semi-processed cashew Vietnam Men, most US with 30%, a number of European countries 25%, China 18% market share.

According to the words of the DN things, branch of Vietnam has entered the second phase, from NIS to export semi-processed cashew and start deep processing to add value to cashew up repeatedly.

Looking at the output of many countries cashews while demand always exceeds supply because consumers increasingly see high nutritional value and health benefits of cashews, Trade Promotion Agency and the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas ) forecast in the coming years, the price of the world's hard below the current price, ie around 10 USD / kg, the price level never previously reached. Thus the expansion of the area, increase productivity, increase quality and deep processing individual becomes imperative.

The International Conference Vietnam 8th Annual newly Vinacas and Trade Promotion Department - Ministry of Industry and Trade held in the city. Da Nang, attracted 300 delegates from unions which, like The African Union, the Council of Cotton and Cashew nut Ivory Coast Cashew Association Nigeria import and export enterprises the greatest thing in the world come from the United States, France, Australia, Singapore, India, China, Vietnam ... and some African countries. This proved to be the attraction of the industry in Vietnam.

"Talking to clean it - think of Vietnam"

As one of the perennial plants have the highest value, but Vietnam does not have the farm thing, grown mainly distributed in the population, so high only a few hectares / household. Due to the low price of the previous year, farmers cut down most of the big orchard to plant rubber and coffee, so a few years ago, when the price point up to VND50,000 / kg, "could not respond ".

Currently land to grow it on the scale almost no farms. When difficult to expand the area under cultivation, the focus for intensive farming conditions, improve productivity, cleaner production is the best solution. However, some provinces like Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan central zone can extend the area of the said varieties instead of acacia for higher benefits, 3 years for harvest.

For this, it must have a strategic enterprise investment and construction material areas, including cooperation with foreign countries, and to produce 500,000 tonnes of cashew nuts, processed 70% of them.

DN Vietnam today is a serious shortage of raw material to import more from India, African countries, such as this year may enter up to almost 1 million tons. Despite increasing sales contract close but imports from Africa of unstable, often damp, moldy, sprout. With such quality cashew nuts, then if not careful, it's Vietnam's exports will lose credibility with foreign clients.

To import the correct quality cashew nuts, Vinacas representatives petitioned DN duty at the export port in Africa to inspect goods before loading onto ships. The good news is that in a speech at the International Conference of Vietnam, Article 2016, the vice president of the African Union Babatola Faseru It promised more closely in what's checks at ports, if not quality, then forced reception of their exporters.

Vinacas DN members also recommended not to continue to do business with African companies do not maintain prestige, such does not fully implement the contract, non-delivery or delivery but requires subsidies, goods arrived in the port but ship repair bill delivery to other units higher prices ...

The deep processing to enhance the value of most nuts trend products such as salted cashew, it laced honey, butter it, candy, cake, wine from cashew nut, cashew nut shell oil from requiring companies to have public new technology and to ensure food safety.

To ensure processing of clean, Vinacas has established the club of companies producing, trading cashews leading clean Vietnam (G20-VCS + +) with a commitment to "3": there are natural color, aroma and flavor unique, high nutritional value, "5 not": do not use flavorings in processing, no genetically modified products, no mold, no infections, insects, do not use forced labor.

Doing so not only create further breakthrough for the industry which oral: "Talking to clean it - think of Vietnam" will spread around the world.

An Phuong

Source: Saigon Entrepreneur