As the world's leading producer of coffee, it is important to promote branding, value-added increases and global value chain participation for Vietnamese coffee, experts have suggested.

Multiple solutions are needed to improve the quality of Vietnamese
coffee.
According to the General Department of Customs, for the first
nine months of 2018, Vietnam’s
coffee exports reached over 1.4 million tonnes, valued at US$2.75 billion, up
18.8% in volume.
Germany and the US continued to be the two largest
consumer markets for Vietnamese coffee in the first eight months of 2018, with
market shares of 12.6% and 9.8%, respectively. Other markets with a sharp
increase in the imports of Vietnamese coffee in the first eight months this
year included Indonesia (+ 8
times), Russia (+ 66.6%) and
Philippines
(+ 46.6%).
However, global demand and coffee prices
have a direct impact on domestic coffee prices. The average coffee export price
in the Jan-Aug period was down 15.5% over the same period in 2017, reaching
US$1,913 per tonne.
In September, unroasted robusta coffee in
Vietnam’s Central
Highlands decreased by VND700 a kg to VND31,900 - 32,500 per kg,
compared with the previous month. During the first nine months of 2018,
domestic coffee prices fluctuated sharply with the fall ranging from VND 2,100
- 2,400 a
kg.
The fluctuations in the world market
causing impacts on the domestic market are inevitable. However, experts have
shown how to reduce these impacts to the maximum. Tran Van Hung, from Fair
Trade Project in Vietnam,
suggested that besides ensuring the quality of coffee, it is important to
promote the participation of Vietnamese coffee in international certification
on fair trade or sustainability, in order to have a stable coffee price in the
world market and ensure an income for farmers.
"When these certificates are
available, each price movement on the world market ensures that farmers are
still able to sell their coffee at a minimum price. This price guarantees that
farmers growing coffee will have profit to reinvest," Hung said.
Dao Duc Huan, Director at the Centre for
Rural Development (under the Institute
of Policy and Strategy
for Agriculture and Rural Development), said that in the face of market demand,
it is necessary to promote advantages and determine the appropriate strategy
and long-term approach for Vietnamese coffee to affirm its role and position.
In particular, building a high-quality Vietnamese coffee brand is an important
solution and is the basis for promoting effective and sustainable value chains
for Vietnamese coffee products in the future.
To realise this goal, in addition to support
from the State in accessing market demand information, it is essential to
develop synchronous policies and solutions to promote and introduce coffee
products aimed at raising the image of Vietnamese coffee in the world market,
contributing to raising its value and promoting market expansion in the context
of deeper international economic integration.
Source: NDO
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