The fruit and vegetable industry aims to achieve 10 billion USD in exports by 2030. To achieve the set goal, the industry has set out 7 key tasks.
FTA agreement boosts Vietnamese fruits and vegetables
According to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, in the period of 2020 - 2024, this industry faces many difficulties, with vegetable and fruit export turnover from 2020 - 2022 continuously decreasing due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic.
However, in 2023, when the world has basically controlled the pandemic, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports will quickly regain growth momentum and reach a high speed by the end of the year. The export turnover for the whole year of 2023 will reach 5.6 billion USD compared to nearly 3.4 billion USD in 2022, an increase of 67%. Continuing the strong growth momentum of 2023, export of vegetables and fruits 2024 has accelerated and reached a spectacular finish with nearly 7.2 billion USD, an increase of 27.1% compared to 2023.
Vietnam's fruit export market has expanded and grown strongly thanks to Free Trade Agreement (FTAs) have been implemented, including important new generation FTAs such as CPTPP, RCEPT, EVFTA, UKVFTA, ACFTA... Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry has reached more than 80 countries and regions in the world; in which, key export markets include China, the US, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, the Netherlands, Australia...
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh - Chairman of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association - informed that Vietnam is integrating well into the global economy, the government has actively negotiated and signed 17 FTAs to expand the export market for fruits and vegetables.
In particular, China has now granted official export licenses to 12 types of Vietnamese fruits, including durian, which has pushed Vietnam's fruit and vegetable export turnover to China to a new level of development.
Many key fruit trees have formed concentrated, specialized production areas in the direction of commodity production; gardeners constantly improve their level of cultivation, care and intensive farming techniques, and have cooperation and sharing of benefits for mutual development among businesses.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh predicts that in the coming years, the export market will continue to expand and develop with the main areas being: China, South Korea, ASEAN countries, the United States, Canada, the EU. In addition, there are potential markets such as India, the UAE, Australia and New Zealand. This is a large area for the Vietnamese fruit and vegetable industry to continue to boost exports in the coming years.
However, in addition to advantages, the industry also faces many challenges from climate change, pests and diseases, overuse of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides affecting the life of gardens, productivity, quality and food safety. Trade competition between producing countries, technical barriers from importing countries, especially requirements on quarantine and food safety are increasingly numerous, more sophisticated and tend to increase in all markets.
Subjectively, although there has been a significant improvement in the productivity and quality of vegetables and fruits in some traditional production areas, in general, the productivity and quality of fruit trees in our country are still not high compared to the regional and world average, lacking a chain production model due to small scale, fragmentation and dispersion.
Post-harvest loss rate is still high, post-harvest processing technology is slow to change. The product distribution and consumption system is not professional; there is a lack of linkage between businesses, farmers and consumers; the fruit value chain still goes through intermediaries, causing high costs and easy to break...
Mr. Hoang Trung - Deputy Minister Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Assessment, the quality of Vietnamese fruit and vegetable products is increasingly improved, many markets favor it. However, facing the increasing demands of the market, the fruit and vegetable industry needs to focus on overcoming limitations in production - consumption linkage, building raw material areas, and increasing processing rates.
Besides the export market, the fruit and vegetable industry also needs to focus on exploiting the domestic market, providing quality and safe products to more than 100 million people in the country.
Aiming for 10 billion USD
Following the success of fruit and vegetable exports in 2023 and 2024, at the Congress of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, term V (2024-2029) held on the afternoon of January 6, the Association set a target of achieving 10 billion USD in fruit and vegetable exports by 2030. To achieve this goal, the Association will focus on 7 key tasks.
Firstly , organize propaganda and mobilize members to implement the state's guidelines, policies and laws, ensuring that members' activities are in line with the country's economic development orientation and in line with world development trends.
Second , do a better job of bridging the gap between the state and businesses.
Third , advise, guide and mobilize members to organize production according to market demand, apply high technology to produce quality products that are safe for users.
Fourth , support and create conditions for producers and businesses to cooperate, form joint ventures, and associate to build stable and sustainable supply chains and value chains, enhancing the position and strength of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables in the international arena.
Fifth , organize trade promotion activities, promote the image of Vietnamese vegetables and fruits, support businesses in finding and expanding markets, and building brands to further enhance Vietnam's vegetable and fruit export capacity.
Friday, Provide and update specialized information, reports, analysis, predictions, and forecasts for members, state management agencies, and media agencies to help all levels of society better understand the Vietnamese fruit and vegetable industry.
Saturday, Mobilize more organizations and individuals to join the Association, expand its scale, improve the quality of operations, enhance the prestige and influence of the Association at home and abroad.
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