The statistics of the Ministry of Industry and Trade show that, on average, each year, market management forces arrest over 3,000-4,000 cases of fake and poor quality fertilizers. The question is why every time the authorities sanction, the offender is “named”, but the objects producing and trading in fake and poor quality fertilizers are still committing. bag “to eat on the farmer’s back?”
On average, each year, the market management forces arrest about 3,000-4,000 cases of fake and poor quality fertilizers. Illustration image
“Hooking up” farmers with many sophisticated tricks
Recently, the authorities of Thai Nguyen, Binh Phuoc, and Dong Nai provinces have continuously inspected and discovered many establishments and agents trading in fake fertilizers, poor quality fertilizers, making trouble. , using many tricks to “pickpocket” farmers.
For example, in Binh Phuoc, the provincial authorities conducted an inspection of the Phu Nghia Agricultural Material Store at village 1, Street 10, district Bu Dang and discovered that the store trading fake fertilizers (containing quality is less than 70% of announced product quality standards), is the product of soluble base fertilizer RICH NPK 15-15-15 + TE of Hung Thinh Phat VTNN Company manufactured on October 15, 2019 (time of use use is 2 years).
The authorities have fined Phu Nghia Foreign Construction Store 30 million VND for trading fake fertilizers.
Previously, at the end of 2019, Thai Nguyen province authorities also discovered a number of fake fertilizer stores that copied the labels of reputable fertilizer companies.
Specifically, at the Hung Hien store in Hop Tien commune (Dong Hy district) and at Son Luyen Import Export Trade and Tourism Joint Stock Company in Hoa Thuong Commune, Dong Hy District – General agent of Plant Protection Joint Stock Company In the North (at Cau Giay, Hanoi city), Thai Nguyen province authorities took samples of fertilizers NPK-S + TE 5.10.3-8 and NPK-S 12.5.10-14. As a result, both fertilizer samples did not meet the announced standards.
It is worth mentioning that with the naked eye, it can be easily seen that the NPK-S + TE 5.10.3-8 product of the Northern Plant Protection Joint Stock Company resembles 80-90% of NPK-S * M1 Lam products. Thao 5.10.3 + 8 of Lam Thao Chemical and Supe Phosphate Joint Stock Company – a famous fertilizer brand in the market for design, arrangement of information, images on packages.
If the shop owner mixes the fertilizer bags of these two companies, farmers are easy to deceive and buy fake, poor quality goods.
Meanwhile, although trading in poor quality fertilizers, the owner of the Hung Hien store was only fined very “lightly” with the amount of 712,500 VND.
Fertilizer product of Northern Plant Protection Joint Stock Company.
The penalty is too light, just like “scratching itch”
Talking to the reporter of NTNN / Dan Viet Newspaper, Mr. Vu Xuan Hong, Deputy General Director of Lam Thao Chemical and Supe Phosphate Joint Stock Company, said the reasons for the production and business of fake fertilizers, poor fertilizers The amount still has “living land” because the current penalty is too light, just like “scratching” compared to the profit they get.
“For example, in the recent violation of the fertilizer sector in Thai Nguyen, the fake fertilizer seller was only fined more than 700,000 VND. This amount is not worth much compared to the profit they get from consuming fake fertilizers for manufacturers. Objects producing fake, fake, poor quality fertilizers are willing to pay very high discounts to agents for their fertilizer consumption. For the sake of profit, even the agents and shop owners also suggest and advise farmers to buy poor quality fertilizers ”, Mr. Hong said.
Mr. Hong also said that, Lam Thao Chemical and Supe phosphate Joint Stock Company has been affected, greatly damaged by the practice of fake fertilizers, fake labels, or poor quality fertilizers.
“Taking advantage of the long-standing prestige Lam Thao fertilizer brand, many objects have imitated our fertilizer labels and packages, launched discounts, gave gifts to easily deceive farmers. We checked a number of tier 2 and 3 agents, found that the shop owner deliberately placed bags of Lam Thao fertilizer in the back of the store, and those with identical packaging with Lam Thao fertilizer. or other floating fertilizers are sold by the shop owner in an eye-catching and easy-to-see position, ”said Mr. Hong.
The subjects making fake fertilizers often use stone powder to imitate Lam Thao phosphate fertilizer, or the target of the content of substances in the fertilizer is much lower than announced. Illustration image
Mr. Hong revealed that recently, the company also discovered that some small fertilizer stores had taken Lam Thao fertilizer packaging, or ordered fake Lam Thao fertilizer packages to store fertilizers of the The company does not have a brand, then sells it to farmers at a low price.
Talking with PV Dan Viet about the draft decree regulating administrative sanctions in the field of crop production (MARD presides over drafting and is consulting), Mr. Hong said that the proposed levels of sanctions in The draft Decree has not changed much, it is not really deterrent when violations are only fined a few million to several tens of million dong.
Mr. Hong analyzed: “I have read the draft very carefully and found that it is not much different from the previous regulations. In particular, the provisions on “counterfeit goods” are not satisfactory, and there is no change in nature. If a counterfeit is defined as a commodity with a primary qualitative content or total of only 70% or less of nutrients compared to the registered quality standard or technical regulation, then the remaining 30% is fine. for forgery or something? “.
“This is a very big gap for the fake and poor quality fertilizer producers to circumvent the law,” stick “on the farmers’ back and cause damage to the fertilizer enterprises to do business properly. I think that it must be raised to 90% or even higher, then fake fertilizers, counterfeit, poor quality will have no living land “, Mr. Hong said.
According to Minh Hue (Dan Viet Newspaper)
