Vo Quan Huy, director of An Huy Limited Company in Long An province exports about 240 tonnes of bananas to Japan and the RoK each month. (Photo laodong)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Though the COVID-19 epidemic has spread to Japan and the Republicof Korea, some local exporters to the two markets are still enjoying goodresults.
Le Thi Thanh Lam, deputy general director of Sai Gon Food Joint Stock Companytold local media: “The export of frozen processed foods to Japan has not beenaffected at all. Instead, it is better than before. Before, Saigon Foodexported an average of 1,000 tonnes of products each month. This has increasedby 20 percent.”
Lam said: "Theorders have doubled, but we can’t meet demand. We can only provide another 20percent to keep the quality of the products.”
She said raw materials for the export products were imported from Japan andsome European countries. They would be then processed and re-exported to theJapanese market.
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Exporting bananas to Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and China, Vo QuanHuy, director of An Huy Limited Company in Long An province said: “The exportvolume to Japan and the Republic of Korea was still good and smooth.”
Every month, Huy sent 15 containers with 16 tonnes of bananas each to the twomarkets.
Huy said though Chinese partners wanted to buy his bananas, he did not haveenough fruit to meet their demand.
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The representative even estimated: "Acecook Vietnam's export sales planfor 2020 is expected to grow by 10 percent compared to 2019."/.
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