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Ben Tre seeks ways to boost coconut product export

The southern province of Ben Tre, known as Vietnam’s coconut capital, is seeking ways to support local farmers to sell coconut products amid dropping prices.
Ben Tre seeks ways to boost coconut product export ảnh 1Xiem, a speciality coconut grown for juice in Ben Tre province (Photo: VNA)
Ben Tre (VNA) – The southern province ofBen Tre, known as Vietnam’s coconut capital, is seeking ways to support localfarmers to sell coconut products amid dropping prices.

Director of the Department of Industry and TradeNguyen Van Be said his department has proposed the provincial People’sCommittee ask for support from the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and the Ministry of Industry and Trade in this regard.

The department has helped exporters join trade promotiondelegations to foreign countries like Turkey, Israel, South Africa, India,Pakistan and Japan in order to meet big distributors there.

Local firms have also been supported to ship theirproducts to China, the official said, adding that a number of workshops oncross-border e-commerce will be held in early August to boost the export ofcoconut products.
Ben Tre seeks ways to boost coconut product export ảnh 2Illustrative image (Source: VNA)
At the same time, the department has assisted localbusinesses and the coconut sector in general to promote domestic consumption,and provided consultation for the People’s Committee in investment attractionin the field.

With 77,000 hectares of coconut, Ben Tre earns 350million USD each year from coconut exports, making up around 30 percent of itstotal export revenue.

The local agricultural sector urged farmers toexpand organic coconut farming which now accounts for only 20.7 percent of thetotal area, and participate in cooperatives to develop large-scale materialareas./.
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