Sokfarm Company workers inspect the quality of coconut flower nectar meant for export to Japan and the Netherlands in November. (Photo: tuoitre.vn)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Vietnamese companies are marketing theiragricultural byproducts to the global vegetarian community, leading to a surgein their exports.
These products did not use to be in much demand but with the diversity of foodin the vegetarian community, people have started to look at how to use them intheir diets.
Nguyen Ngoc Lam, deputy director of the Tan Gia Thanh Import-Export Company,said when sugarcane and jackfruit could not be sold for reasonable pricesdomestically, his company had sold them and their byproducts in theinternational market.
Since then it has found exporting agricultural byproducts lucrative, he said.
It exports around 75 tonnes of unripe jackfruit to many countries including theUS, Russia and Singapore.
It has also exported 20 tonnes of young areca berries to the US and soon plansto enter the Japanese market.
Pham Dinh Ngai, director of the Sokfarm Company, said after exporting condensedcoconut nectar and coconut flower sugar to Japan and the Netherlands, thecompany has now created some new product lines like coconut flower soy sauceand coconut flower nectar vinegar to introduce to the Republic of Korea andEuropean markets.
“Coconut flower nectar is a good product for people who are on a diet becauseit has a low sugar level and is rich in minerals. Coconut has always been oneof Vietnam's most profitable trees and so the opportunities to develop productsfrom it are endless,” Ngai said.
Though demand for these products is rising this year, raw material supply isunreliable.
Lam said his company has been getting more orders for the byproducts, but itcould not meet them since raw materials are from small local farmers, whichmeans the quality is not consistent.
The government should direct provinces to create specialised farming areas forthese crops to prevent this, he added.
Dang Phuc Nguyen, general secretary of the Vietnam Fruits and VegetablesAssociation, said that agricultural byproducts are now being sought bycountries around the world, and Vietnam should take advantage of this.
“Companies need to upgrade their processing facilities and product quality tomeet the huge demand in many large markets such as Europe, the RoK and Japan,”Nguyen said./.
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Sokfarm Company workers inspect the quality of coconut flower nectar meant for export to Japan and the Netherlands in November. (Photo: tuoitre.vn) 
