To promote export of products from rice flour

Many food producers now have to enhance the value of the grain by processing, making export products like rice, noodles, rice paper ... popular in overseas markets.

Talking to the Saigon Economic Times Online, Mr Page German officers, deputy general director of JSC Food Bich Chi said, the company has more than 100 different products made from rice. In the first 6 months of the year, sales of products made from rice of the company increased by 10%. Growth of Bich Chi mainly achieved from exporting products to the US, EU and Japan. The company also has exploited Myanmar market.

The structure of exports of rice flour company has changed the direction of increase in exports. Specifically, compared to 2010, the proportion of domestic consumption of flour products Bich Chi accounted for 70% of total revenue, currently this ratio is only 50% of domestic consumption and 50% for export.

"The company continues to promotion into the African market, expects its products will eventually enter the market this year," Mr. German said.

Many businesses also start technological innovation, using rice as raw materials to create convenient noodle product with high nutritional value. Bui Huu Loc, Director Loc powder processing enterprises Sanh, through processing, companies can make more than 700 kg of flour is / tonnes. Prices of corporate export flour inadequate than 14 million / ton, compared with export prices of 5% broken at more than US $ 400, obviously processed rice products exported were high almost double compared to rice exports.

At the symposium on "raising the grain value" recently, representatives JSC food Colusa - Miliket said each year to 10,000 tonnes used for the processing of service-eat products for domestic market and export. Through further processing to create added value for the grain, the business has grown to be worth more than 2 times the grain than rice products exported usual today.

Vietnam Trade Office in Japan also recommended Vietnam enterprises should improve the quality of exported rice, aims to export preparations as starch or rice flour biscuits and other rice products to raise prices the value of rice exports to meet demand for rice products is growing strongly in the Japanese market.