Passionate coconut exports
Passionate coconut exports
Overcoming several rounds of rigorous testing, Duong Bui Arts has brought famous specialty of Ben Tre available on the shelves of foreign and domestic consumers appreciate you.
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As the owner of a ice factory in Ho Chi Minh City brokers earn more professional for those who have automotive needs, Arts Bui Duong, Tan Binh district also towards the agricultural sector. But by this time, the way business experience, he found the story exporting coconut aftertaste brings feelings for her. Whenever orders, he became brand hick population, left hand-selected each coconut to meet the strictest standards of partners.
A year ago, some friends overseas Vietnamese in Australia as water through coconut and enjoy the taste of every Vietnamese compliment delicious, tasty Thai coconut than is popular in the land of kangaroos. The idea of bringing this specialty western abroad suddenly flashed in his head. He began his journey "understanding" of a coconut thoroughly, from identifying age, thin or thick shell, more or less water, soft copra hard, time will gather for the best results ... and only purchased in Ben Tre (which is known famous coconut). But the difficulty is how to ensure freshness, keep the flavor characteristics of Ben Tre coconut when it is on the shelves overseas, after a long journey to your country.
May 11/2012, he brought 12 left to send to a research institute in the city, but test results are not satisfactory.
He had devised a way to make ostensibly retaining nut white as new green crust removed unused chemicals. Overseas Vietnamese groups when you heard he was anxious to share recipes suggest compounds to preserve color "as fresh as picking" of coconut that is not harmful to the health of consumers and in accordance with the provisions of health sector. But this experiment failed.
He decided to try again, to find some substance similar effects on the list of internationally recognized. In determining the appropriate compound, he tried 10 samples, including 30 left, numbered from 1 to 10 positive results when more than 40 days, not blackened coconut fruit.
Your work is a stand out side Australia introduced him to business professionals virgin coconut fruit imports from the country, he began to promote trade between the two sides. "Fortunately, at that time, this unit needs to expand its operations and found Vietnam has great potential for coconut so they intend to partner with me," he recalls.
The company is sending experts to Vietnam to see firsthand the process of harvesting, preserving and not much promise. They are required to ensure peeled coconuts after 0.9 to 1 kg weight, choose age is 80 days harvest down, while shaking does not cry, coconut achieve thick enough to eat.
After the visit of partners, every weekend I Ben Tre few days to learn the secret worm pick coconuts, coconut treatment for moderate harvested. Due to stringent proposals from overseas so I do not buy the old coconut from the previous day, but only select those freshly picked fruit from the tree.
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Green coconut after peeling will use the storage technology delivered by Australian to complete the pre-processing and abroad. Photo: Tel:
By mid-April, Australian proposal sent to them to try coconut sample quality. After several days of waiting, they want more testing level maintenance, sanitation and food safety. After having a day of hope. A month later, this unit accepts notices to cooperate with him, because "Vietnamese green coconut fruit for 50-70 days can still sweeter and more delicious Thai coconut".
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"This importer works with more than 30 years of Thai company and this is their first collaboration with Vietnamese enterprises. Even more fun when I finished broker a car or get more ice contract ", he underwent heart.
Last June, the Australian side and put a container consisting of 870 bins, each bin 9 left an estimated 7,830 coconuts to explore the Australian market. After receiving the orders, his duty in Ben Tre during 5 days, working from 5 am to 23 o'clock at night to hand check every stage.
After sorting out the most delicious and preservation in accordance with the technology transfer partner, he put the coconut in a cool place to dry, use a fan to blow on each blister (about 200 left). When the drain has left the immediate packaging, if too dry to products rough, unsightly. Since there is no basis in Ben Tre, so he hired three air-conditioned karaoke room to store coconut in a cool place.
24 days at sea every move is also the day that much he impatiently, anxious in the first shipment abroad. "There's nothing more fun when said partner coconut Vietnam sold out in just two days. A successful beyond my expectations," he said.
Each coconut he sold for about 23,000 contract partners. Sell with this price you do not get much by purchasing "recruited" from dealers or growers was 12,000 contracts, excluding other costs. "I am determined coconut fruits only targeting export markets for domestic consumers do not need that fancy drink like a tight left immediately, without delay," he said.
Currently, their Australian counterparts to bridge his company can provide green coconut fruit for the two largest supermarket chains countries. However, since this is the first supermarket in addition to the basic requirements, they also require exporters to reach certain standards such as super clean and totally organic products. Therefore, his obstacle is the regional planning materials, demonstrate traceability not fertilize coconut trees with fertilizer, no pesticide ...
"Activity coconut exports have not consistently profitable, but have determined that this business is long term and will have to experience learning by doing", he said. He is considering expanding consumer market, find the unit export market but lack of technology or personal storage, organizations need advice how to preserve exports.
According to him, just 2-3 units exported coconut growers on a regular basis will have a stable income. Just 10 coconuts, 50,000 for the garden, or a collection of 20 million hectares.
Mai Phuong
