Despite facing many difficulties in the consumer market and rising transport costs... but, with the efforts of the business itself; Many agricultural, forestry and fishery products increased in both quality and export value, contributing to bringing the export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery in the first 6 months of 2024 to nearly 168,716 million USD.

Producing canned pineapple for export at Trung Thanh Agricultural Product Processing Joint Stock Company (Nong Cong).

Viet Agricultural Product Processing and Export Joint Stock Company (Long Anh ward, Thanh Hoa city) is an enterprise specializing in exporting canned fruits, such as pineapple, baby melon, lychee...in which pineapple is the main product. The company's products are currently present in EU countries, Asia and some countries such as Russia, UAE, UK, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan... in large quantities.

To ensure raw materials to serve production and export needs, the company has contracted with local people: Bim Son town, Ha Trung, Thach Thanh, Yen Dinh...; Purchasing 6,000 - 7,000 tons of pineapples/year. Mr. Nguyen Van Quynh, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director of Vietnamese Agricultural Product Processing and Export Joint Stock Company; said: From the beginning of 2024 until now, the agricultural export market has had many improvements and the unit has signed many orders, ensuring jobs and income for workers. The unit's goal in 2024 is to reach 10 million USD in export value. By June 30, 2024, the export value will reach over 4 million USD, exceeding 20% ​​over the same period. Although the export value has not reached expectations, it is a great effort in finding orders. To complete the export goal for the whole year, the enterprise is continuing to boost production and prepare adequate sources of goods for foreign partners.

Located in the top of large enterprises, specializing in exporting bivalve molluscs in Vietnam; Thanh Hoa Seafood Import-Export Joint Stock Company (Lot E, Le Mon Industrial Park, Thanh Hoa City) with the main product being steamed clams for export. Mr. Le Quy Viet, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thanh Hoa Seafood Import-Export Joint Stock Company; said: Since 2015, the company's steamed clam products have been available in many Asian, European and American countries; Export contracts are maintained and always have a good growth rate of 15 - 20% per year. However, from February 2022 until now, due to the influence of the political conflict between Russia - Ukraine and military tensions in the Red Sea region, transport prices have increased by over 4.5 times compared to before. However, to ensure jobs for 300 workers, the business still accepts orders that bring low profits, or even no profits. Therefore, although in the first 6 months of 2024, the enterprise has exported nearly 7,000 tons of steamed clams, equal to 52% of the plan, an increase of 101% over the same period, but the profit is only 1 - 2%. However, the company still has to try to overcome it to maintain production, avoid supply chain disruptions and maintain the consumer market.

Clam processing at Thanh Hoa Seafood Import-Export Joint Stock Company (Lot E, Le Mon Industrial Park, Thanh Hoa City).

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Head of the Import-Export Management Department (Department of Industry and Trade), said: In the first 6 months of 2024, agricultural, forestry and fishery exports in the province reached nearly 168,716 million USD, an increase of 115.8% compared to same period. Among them, many products have high export value over the same period such as sedge products, canned vegetables, fruits, meat, steamed clams, wood chips...Achieving this result is primarily due to the fact that businesses in the province have gradually overcome and adjusted production and business activities, diversifying forms of access and expanding markets. Along with that, right from the beginning of the year, departments; Local industries and businesses participating in export in the province have focused on effectively implementing solutions to promote exports such as synchronously deploying sustainable export support services; Deploying marketing strategies, training and developing human resources, credit for export production... etc

In addition, many businesses in the province have applied and grasped well the signed free trade agreements such as: Vietnam - ASEAN, Vietnam - Korea, Vietnam - Japan; CPTPP Agreement; Vietnam - EU Agreement... to exploit the market, create competitive advantages and export goods. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang said that in order to create conditions for businesses participating in export in the province in general and agricultural, forestry and fishery export enterprises in particular to complete their unit's annual export plans, in the coming time, the Department Industry and Trade will continue to implement solutions to open up export markets, support businesses to restore old markets, and access and diversify new markets. At the same time, organize training courses on knowledge of Free Trade Agreements, coordinate with Vietnamese trade counselors abroad to organize trade promotion programs to search for markets; partner for businesses. In the immediate future, a conference to promote OCOP products will be held in Sam Son with the participation of export enterprises from the Northern provinces. Organizing this conference is to introduce and promote the province's OCOP products to foreign export enterprises, contributing to bringing the province's OCOP products to the world market.

According to: Minh Ly - Thanh Hoa Newspaper