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| The products made from rice are popular in overseas markets. Photo: SN |
(HCMC) - Many food manufacturers now have enhanced the value of the grain by processing, creating export products such as rice flour, noodles, rice paper ... popular in overseas markets .
Talking to the Saigon Economic Times Online , he Page German officer, Deputy General Director of JSC Food Bich Chi, said the company currently has more than 100 different products from rice processing. In the first 6 months, sales of products made from rice of the company increased by 10%.Bich Chi growth achieved mainly from the export of products to the US, EU and Japan. The company has also exploited the Myanmar market.
Rice flour export structure of the company has changed the direction of increase in exports.Specifically, compared to 2010, the percentage of domestic consumption of flour products Bich Chi accounted for 70% of the revenue, this ratio is only 50% of domestic consumption and 50% for export.
"The company is continuing to promotion into the African market, it is expected the company's products will eventually enter the market this year," Mr. German said.
Many businesses also began to technological innovation, using rice as raw materials to create convenient noodle product with high nutritional value. According to Bui Huu Loc, Director powder processing enterprises Loc Sanh, through processing, can now be more than 700 kg of powder / tons. Powder export prices of inadequate business more than 14 million / ton, compared with export prices of 5% broken at more than US $ 400, clear of processed rice products exported were high nearly double compared to rice exports.
At the symposium on "enhancing the value of rice grain" recently, representatives of JSC food Colusa - Miliket said each year to 10,000 tonnes used for processing rice noodle products serve for the domestic market and export. Through further processing to create more added value for the grain, the business has grown to be worth more than 2 times grain than rice products exported usual today.
Vietnam Trade Office in Japan also recommended Vietnam enterprises should improve the quality of rice exported, the export oriented products such as starch or rice flour biscuits, the other rice products to raise prices is the value of rice exports to meet demand for rice production is growing strongly in the Japanese market.
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