(HQ Online)- As one of the nation stand "top" in terms of production, but exports coffee to 95% of Vietnam's export products are coffee, a very small proportion of the remaining coffee is processed. This fact leads to profits are not commensurate with the volume shipped.

Export more, benefit less

  Vietnam is the world's leading countries in the production and exports of robusta coffee (robusta) and ranks second in world production and export of coffee (after Brazil). Can confirm, in more than a decade, coffee production in Vietnam has achieved high growth rates in terms of area, yield and production. The evidence is that in 2012, coffee production in Vietnam has reached 1.3 million tons, 14 times more than in 1990, also hitting export turnover of 2.7 billion, more than 29 times higher than in 1990 .

However, easy to see, manufacturing, Vietnam's coffee exports are major paradox exists so far, Vietnam's main coffee at a rate of up to 95% of total production, while exports processed coffee accounts for only 5%. It is noteworthy that a unit value of processed coffee coffee more than 3 times.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Thua, Department of Agro-forestry-fishery and Salt (MARD) said, this result is partly because today's coffee industry Vietnam systematic processing, preserving increase in the number quality but is poor, unbalanced development. The total processing capacity of actual coffee beans, coffee powder and storage facilities were lower than the design capacity of large wasteful investment. Even in 2011, in 2012 there were some companies to suspend operations and risk bankruptcy.

"The greatest weakness in the coffee industry was the production, processing, preservation coffee products not linked, the link between farmers and the DN of the weak. The export processing enterprises mainly engaged in purely commercial, less tied to coffee production. Most coffee powder output is processed in small facilities, high quality makes it difficult to expand markets, "said Nguyen Trong Thua said.

Improving "quality" for coffee exports

According to the International Coffee Organization (ICO), global coffee consumption has risen continuously over the past 40 years with an average growth rate of 1.6% / year. Global coffee consumption will continue to rise and rise higher than the price of coffee production will be maintained at above $ 2,000 / tonne.

Currently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has assigned the Department of Agro-forestry, aquaculture and salt production building, Draft "system planning process, preserving coffee associated with production and exports by 2020 and towards 2030 ". In the draft, the industry expert made ​​the comment period from now to 2020, the export-oriented coffee Vietnam is to maintain stability and keep the coffee market Vietnam has exported to 80 countries , especially the 10 countries that import much coffee: USA, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, the UK and China. However, the most pressing issue in the main export is coffee quality must be improved and implemented in accordance with the program improve coffee quality of ICO. At the same time, to export businesses results must be strong enough (group 20 coffee exporting companies - G20) is operated by a team of experienced entrepreneurs and understanding of the trading system coffee on the world market .

For coffee consumption, export potential opens for Vietnam enterprises if the coffee is processed by line of modern equipment and technology, high quality standards and market expansion strategies bring the scientific feasibility.

According to Nguyen Trong Thua, in the draft, Department of Agro-forestry, aquaculture and salt production has only solutions "radical" to gradually increase the export value of Vietnam's coffee. It is going to build the production of high quality coffee and certified as materials processing service. The best way is each processing enterprises, preserving coffee must be combined with local coffee producers to find the materials and long-term stability, so that investment and contracting and purchasing products. Coffee products or later processed into coffee consumption can easily traceable.

Besides, the coffee industry should enhance trade promotion, market expansion, and improved methods to quickly purchase coffee through exchanges with favorable price for Vietnam enterprises.

In addition, business owners have invested in coffee processing plant must reassess line equipment and technology, building business plans produced on the basis of preparation of the capital to purchase coffee and the associated effects of coffee consumption XK sensibly. These plants, storage facilities are not effective then consider switching function or perform maintenance contracts coffee for other businesses in order to improve efficiency in order to avoid wasting inventory investment ...