Exporting handicrafts: Strengthening links
Ms. Trinh Tuyet Nga - Director of Hung Anh Co., Ltd (Hanoi) - said: The EU market is very difficult, requiring high quality, design, delivery ... However, Vietnamese handicrafts still have a good place, EU customers preferred by quality and sophistication. This will be the main export market of Vietnam handicrafts in the coming time.
According to Nga, the export of handicrafts from the beginning of 2017 to date is quite good. Recently, Hung Anh Co., Ltd has exported 1 container of handicrafts worth about USD 10,000 to the EU and is continuing to look for partners and new customers. However, what makes the leader of this business concern is that the company only has family size, financial condition, production capacity can not meet the requirements of volume, delivery time ... With large orders should not reach and get big customers.
Not only Hung Anh Co., Ltd, most of the units involved in exporting Vietnamese handicrafts are small and medium enterprises, craft villages, household businesses, most of which are both export and export. low trade specialization, lack of experience in exploiting international trade opportunities. Handicraft production in Vietnam is still traditional handicraft, some products have to go through many new stages to complete, if the unit has both production and export itself difficult to promote effective. high because the professional capacity is dispersed; While the capital itself is not strong.
To enhance the capacity and efficiency of export activities of handicraft groups, Mr. Ta Minh Hung - Trade Promotion Specialist of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) - said that it is necessary to regulate production and distribution in the value chain of handicrafts in the direction of specialization, from production to trade; strengthen the close link between production and trade at both the enterprise and regional levels to resonate power; Maximize production and consumption capacity and share benefits in line with capacity and role ... Specifically, at the production stage, it is necessary to apply technology and increase the mechanization ratio to some In order to increase the productivity and quality, to improve the design and increase the output to meet the requirements of large-scale orders requiring high quality. For the stage of trade, it is necessary to build a number of strong enough enterprises with financial capability, the ability to open markets and organize the sale of good products, act as the focal point for export and settlement of output for stitching. produce..
In addition, policies to support the export of handicrafts of the state also need to select the units that really have the capacity to participate in trade promotion programs, trade fairs international ... to promote products, looking for partners, partners, open the market. When ordering, it should be allocated to units with production capacity suitable to each type of product or item for implementation.