Plenty of room for agricultural, aquatic, foodstuff products in Japanese market
Plenty of room for Vietnam’s agricultural, aquatic, foodstuff products in Japanese market
There is plenty of room for Vietnam’s agricultural, aquatic and foodstuff products to gain a bigger market share in Japan as the country has high demand for those imported, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Japan.
Hanoi (VNA) – There is plenty of room forVietnam’s agricultural, aquatic and foodstuff products to gain a bigger market share inJapan as the country has high demand for those imported, according to theVietnamese Trade Office in Japan.
Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, two-way trade between the twocountries reached 42.7 billion USD in 2021, up 7.8 percent against the previousyear, data from the trade office showed.
Vietnam’s exports to Japan totalled 20.1 billion USD lastyear, up 4.4 percent year-on-year, while imports were worth 22.6 billion USD,up 11.3 percent. Vietnam exported 1.8 billion USD worth of agricultural and aquatic products to Japan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5 percent.
Except for aquatic products, a key export item, recording a7.4-percent decline, the remaining items saw good growth, particularly coffee(25.5 percent), vegetables and fruits (20 percent), cashew nuts (39 percent),and pepper (56 percent).
Vietnam's lychee put on sale in a AEON market (Photo: VNA)
Notably, some Vietnamese fruits are gaining popularity amongJapanese consumers with a growing market share, such as dragon fruit, mango,coconut and lychee.
The Vietnamese products are winning favour of not only localcustomers but also consumers from other Asian countries living in Japan. Theyhave become more and more popular on shelves of major Japanese retail chains,including AEON, Donkihote, and Itoyokado, the trade office said.
The Vietnamese Trade Office in Japan has been making allpossible efforts to boost Vietnam’s agricultural and aquatic product exports to Japan.It has accelerated partnership with the Ministry of Industry and Trade andlocal administrations of both countries to organise virtual seminarsintroducing Vietnam’s products and connect exporters and importers.
It has also released a series of manuals to provide help forVietnamese exporters looking to enter a high-standard market like Japan. Eachmanual covers a specific type of product, from seafood, beverage, to spices,clothing and timber products./.
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Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
Vietnam's lychee put on sale in a AEON market (Photo: VNA) 
