Bamboo and rattan exports: Slowly but surely!
Hundreds of millions of dollars from exports this year are compared with the rate increasing with every year, rattan, bamboo of Vietnam still stand on the major markets, providing a stable source of income for her in the context of the current economic difficulties.
Bamboo and rattan items for export confirm the stability of the difficult economic context. Photo: D.H
The latest data of the Ministry of Trade and Industry showed that exports early 2013 after 8 months of rattan, bamboo, sea grass rugs, reaching more than 127 million - up more than 5% over the same period last year. "Specialties" from VN still attractive to the market prefer to use home appliances, furniture traditions such as Japan, Russia, Australia ...
What is amazing is the United States - a market with no small appeal to all agricultural products, handicrafts - are leading importer of quality rattan country with a turnover of nearly 30 million, an increase of 32% compared to 2012 and accounted for 23% market share of Vietnam's exports. According to MARD, the local conditions for planting, processing and bamboo, rattan is proving effective sustainable economy for years. In particular, the weight of the material Thanh Hoa income for 30% of families, the average income of workers in this rattan 100.000d/ngay achieve more. In Thai Binh, intensive cultivation after 5 years of planting Edging original type material has steadily profitable every year, to maintain a stable rate of 60-90 million VND / ha / year ... To serve the market exports, the country consumes annually from 400-500 million bamboo trees and thousands of tons of raw rattan. The country has more than 720 villages rattan processing companies and more than 1,000 items of this business. The number of workers attracted to the bamboo and rattan sector has up to 342,000 workers. In difficult economic context, exporting rattan and bamboo products have proven slow but sure steps. However, in order to boost exports, experts recommend that companies need to pay more attention to the design of suitable designs with consumer preferences in key markets. In the long term, according to the General Directorate of Forestry (MARD), the regional planning rattan raw material should be focused and specific strategic planning for conservation and efficient exploitation of rattan materials.