Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Pretoria (VNA) – Representatives of over 120 Vietnamese enterprises operating in agriculture, food, and interior and exterior decoration participatedin an online consultation session on export to South Africa on December 8.
Speaking at the event, jointly held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) and the Vietnam Trade Office in South Africa, head of the Vietnam Trade Office in SouthAfrica Pham Thanh Hai affirmed that all Vietnamese products have an opportunityto enter the South African market because consumers in this southernmostAfrican country are interested in foreign products.
Currently, only China and the Republic of Korea are the Asian countries investing in South Africa, while Vietnam is a quite unfamiliar name to South Africanconsumers, he said.
Hai suggested Vietnamese businesses seize opportunities to bring theirproducts to the nearly-60-million-people market, which has systems of large storesand supermarkets across the country to serve all classes of people.
Typical products of Vietnam sold in the South African market are computers, phones, electronic components, footwear, pepper, cashew nuts, rice, and plastic. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Vietnamese small and medium enterprises specialising in textiles and garment, bedding, vegetables and fresh fruit should seek opportunitiesto export their products to the country, he said.
According to Kieu Phuong, owner of Khanh Viet CC– the firm that imports and distributes Vietnamese goods in South Africa, said oneof the advantages to export Vietnamese commodities to the country is thatVietnam has products that other countries cannot compete with.
South African consumers also know more about Vietnam through tourism channelsand this is also an advantage for Vietnamese products to find opportunities to enterthe African market, she added.
Sharing experience in distributing and developing Vietnamese products in SouthAfrica, Phuong noted that South Africa strictly checking the quantityof goods declared with the customs, and copyright-related issues.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and South Africa reached over 1 billion USD in thefirst 10 months of 2021. The two countries are striving to lift their trade to1.42 billion USD in the whole year.
Typical products of Vietnam sold in the South African market arecomputers, phones, electronic components, footwear, pepper, cashew nuts, rice, andplastic./.
