Tra Vinh-based business promotes coconut product export

An enterprise based in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has been stepping up the export of coconut shell activated carbon and other coconut products as a way to benefit the company itself and local farmers.
Tra Vinh (VNA) – An enterprise based in the MekongDelta province of Tra Vinh has been stepping up the export of coconut shellactivated carbon and other coconut products as a way to benefit the company itselfand local farmers.

Between January 1 and February 10, the Tra Bac Joint StockCorporation (TRABACO) shipped more than 900 tonnes of coconut shell activatedcarbon to various markets, including the US, the UK, the Republic of Korea,Japan, Peru, Ecuador, Israel, and China.

General Director of the firm Huynh Khac Nhu said his companyhas inked a number of contracts with both new and existing partners since theyear’s beginning, with 2,000 tonnes of coconut shell activated carbon to bedelivered between now and June 2021.

TRABACO’s activated carbon, used for air purification, goldrefining, electroplating, and odor control in different industries, meetsenvironmental and health safety standards, thus winning over trust from many domesticand foreign businesses and consumers, he noted.

The product has been exported to more than 30 countries andterritories in around the world.

Apart from coconut shell activated carbon, the company alsoproduces and exports others made from coconut like coir carpets, dried coconutshreds, and frozen coconut milk.

To improve product quality and ensure stable material supply,it has contracted farmers to develop a 300ha organic coconut farming zone inTieu Can district and partnered with a local agricultural cooperative incoconut purchase.

Nhu added these are initial steps in the firm’s plan to forma zone of clean material supply, which will help promote TRABACO’s productquality as well as income for farmers in Tra Vinh province./.
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