The workers of Kim Boi joint Stock Company (Ba Hang Doi town - Lac Thuy) are preliminarily processing fresh bamboo shoots for export.
The first container shipment of white sugarcane exported to the US market is considered a new milestone in the provincial agricultural exports. As this is a fastidious market, the products can only be exported when they meet all the conditions for the quality and food safety, the packaging and preserving standards. Mr. Nguyen Le Diep, the Director of Tien Ngan Trading Investment Ltd. (Hoa Binh City) says: The product was exported after nearly 6 months of negotiation between the parties on the terms of the contract and the support from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Plant Protection Department that has removed the obstacles on the technical requirements. The white sugarcane is directly purchased, processed and packaged by our company, and the New Production Technology and Trade Development Co., Ltd., Vina Agri Import Company in the United States is responsible for the documentation and logistics. Since 2021, Tien Ngan Trading Investment Co., Ltd has developed and expanded into the export field, having the initial results of being exporting the first batch of white sugarcane juice by the end of 2021 with the quantity 10 tons to the German market. In 2022, they continued to export sugarcane with nearly 100 tons to EU and Korean markets. In the process of implementation, there were many difficulties, however, the employees and the leaders of the company have alwways been trying to find solutions to overcome them. Thereby, they have signed the export contracts to the new markets.
Over the past time, on the basis of the decisions, the plans and the directive documents of the Provincial People's Committee, the appropriate authorities, the districts and city have given the solutions to organize the implementation of the assigned tasks. In which, they have been focusing on the safe production, the formation of commodity production areas; supporting the certification of application of good agricultural practices; stepping up the granting and monitoring of the growing area codes and the packing facility codes. There has been connection between the preliminarily and processing enterprises with the concentrated production areas; promoting and connecting the consumption of agricultural and forestry products at home and abroad. The province has also promulgated the documents on the mechanisms and policies to support the producers, the businesses and the cooperatives to promote agricultural production, improve the product quality, connect and expand the agricultural product consumption markets.
Under the direction of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee, the drastic fight of the Agriculture and Rural Development sector and the specialized units, the initiative of the enterprises, the cooperatives, the diligence and creativity of the producers have made a number of the province's main agricultural products be exported. The grant of 21 growing area codes for the cultivation area of 168.7 hectares in the province has opened up the opportunities to export the agricultural products to the major markets. By the end of 2022, there have been 14 enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative groups with the agricultural products exported to China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Korea, EU, Netherlands, Germany markets…(up to 75% in number of the establishments compared to that of 2021). The products made from cereals, vegetables, tubers, fruits, bamboo shoots, cassava, fresh agricultural products (sugar cane, banana, longan, pomelo...) were exported with a total estimated value of 518.65 billion VND, increasing 103.92% compared to that of 2021. So far, there have been147 cultivation, breeding and aquaculture establishments supported with VietGAP certification, GlobalGAP and organic standards in the province. The agricultural products are also increasingly diversified, promoting the potential and available advantages of the locality, meeting the strict exporting requirements of the importing countries and being recognized and appreciated by the consumers.
Hoa Binh Province currently has over 870 hectares of tea plantations, with six districts having concentrated tea production areas that boast advantages in soil, climate, history, and distinctive tea varieties: Yen Thuy, Lac Thuy, Da Bac, Mai Chau, Tan Lac, and Luong Son.