"Imprint Overcoming Challenges"

USD 48.6 billion is a remarkable milestone for Vietnam's agricultural exports in a year full of "storms": Climate change, extreme weather, diseases on crops and livestock have a strong impact. to agricultural production; The Covid-19 epidemic with many complicated developments caused "breaks" of supply chains and circulation on a global scale... This success is a step to create momentum for the country's agricultural exports to approach new opportunities and reach new opportunities. new success...

A successful "storm" year​

2021 - The fruit and vegetable industry continues to reap success in the international market. General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association Dang Phuc Nguyen was pleased to inform a reporter of the New Hanoi Newspaper: In 2021, the export turnover of Vietnam's fruit and vegetable products is estimated at 3.52 billion USD, up 8.6% compared to the same period last year. Turnover in most of the main markets increased.

In the joy of welcoming the new year, G.C Food Joint Stock Company (GC Food) is busy with orders with the hope of continuing its successes from 2021. Chairman and General Director of G.C Food Joint Stock Company Nguyen Van Thu said: "The company's revenue as of November 2021 is about VND 200 billion, an increase of more than 50% compared to the whole of last year. In the past few days, we have just had a survey trip to Dak Lak province to prepare for the preparation. was started to build a fruit and vegetable freezing factory with a total investment of 100 billion VND in early 2022.

Exports of wood and forest products also had an impressive "storm" year. General Secretary of the Vietnam Wood and Forest Products Association (Viforest) Ngo Sy Hoai said: 2021 is a tumultuous year. However, with the flexible transformation in production as well as market exploitation, timber and forest products have achieved remarkable achievements. The export value of wood and forest products reached about 15.8 billion USD, up 18% over the previous year - far exceeding the target set at the beginning of 2021 of 14 billion USD...

Not only the groups of wood and forest products, vegetables and fruits, aquatic products, livestock products, etc. also saw remarkable growth. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said: In 2021, export turnover of agricultural products will reach US$ 48.6 billion, up 14.9% over the same period last year. Thus, the Agriculture and Rural Development sector reached the finish line 1 month ahead of schedule and exceeded the target of 6.6 billion USD assigned by the Government. Typical exports of major agricultural products such as vegetables, coffee, rubber, etc. are estimated at more than 21.49 billion USD, up 13.5%; seafood reached over 8.9 billion USD, up 5.6%; livestock production is estimated at 434 million USD, up 4%...

“Positioning” in the world market​

In the story revolving around the successful mark of Vietnam's agricultural exports in 2021, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien commented: Right after the days of implementing social distancing to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, businesses The industry has urgently changed its status, mobilized total resources for production, and completed year-end orders. This recovery is particularly important; At the same time, it shows the initiative and flexibility of enterprises in the context of the difficult world market.

Director of the Department of Agricultural Products Processing and Market Development (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Nguyen Quoc Toan said: Currently, markets in Asia account for 43.1% of the export market share of agricultural products in Vietnam, and the Americas are 29. .6%, Europe is 11.5%... And the US is Vietnam's largest export market with more than 11.9 billion USD (accounting for 27.5%), in which the group of wood products and products wood accounts for 67.2% of the export turnover of Vietnamese agricultural products to this market. The second is the Chinese market with nearly $8.4 billion (accounting for 19.2%), with the export turnover of vegetables and fruits accounting for 23.3%. The third is the Japanese market with an export value of nearly 3 billion USD (accounting for 6.9%); the fourth is the Korean market with an export value of about 1.9 billion USD (accounting for 4.4%)… “The export shift to large and potential markets has helped Vietnam's agricultural products raise prices. value, affirming its position in the international market..." - Mr. Nguyen Quoc Toan commented.

From a different point of view, General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association Dang Phuc Nguyen said that the initiative of Vietnamese enterprises from production to the market in the context of the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic in many countries has greatly affected the situation. bring success to the export of Vietnamese agricultural products. For example, with vegetables and fruits, the shift to processing is not only suitable for the current context but also creates a new and sustainable direction for this commodity. Vietnam is currently the 9th exporter of fruit and vegetable products on the world's "ranking" list. The average export growth rate of this item in the period 2016-2020 is 22.15%/year, from $424.17 million in 2016 to $929.78 million in 2020.

As an enterprise with great export growth in 2021, Deputy General Director of Duc Thanh Wood Joint Stock Company Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep said: In 2021, the company's export of wood products will increase by 20% compared to the previous year. before. It is worth noting that most of the company's products have been exported to the US market.

2021 - a tumultuous year, a year of "storms" with epidemics and diseases, the agricultural product market is sometimes "frozen", many world agricultural product chains are broken... but, Vietnamese agricultural products Nam has risen to affirm its position in the supply chain of agricultural products to the world. This is a remarkable success, also a fulcrum for the export of agricultural products in particular, the agricultural economy in general to reach new successes, affirming its role as the "support" of the economy in the context The challenge is still ahead.