Vietnamese durian in the Chinese market is not appreciated as much as Thai durian, due to lack of standards before export.
Posted above Tuoi Tre newspaperclick here to view the original article.
Mr. Nong Ngoc Trung – Chairman of the Board of Directors of Golden Field Company (Lang Son) – shared this at the program “Celebrating 1 year of strategic cooperation between the Center for Agricultural Trade Promotion and TikTok Vietnam“, taking place on the morning of April 3.
As a durian exporter to the Chinese market, Mr. Trung said Vietnamese durian is losing in both quality and quantity compared to Thai durian. The reason is that Thailand has policies and laws applicable to this industry.
According to Mr. Trung, Thailand has stipulated that durian that wants to be exported must meet at least the standards of the importing country.
They have even made the importing country’s standards stricter, such as automatically raising the standard for dry matter in durian fruit up to 32% (normally dry matter will account for 28-29%).
Businesses that want to export durian must reach 32% dryness, then the Thai state management agency will allow the business to open a declaration to export that shipment. This brings high value to their billion-dollar industry.
This shows that Thailand is very concerned and focuses on the quality of durian before exporting. Meanwhile, we are floating the quality, letting businesses deal with it, with almost no regulations on quality before exporting.
Mr. Trung cited that Vietnamese durian’s dry matter content is only 28-29%, moreover we are following a very manual method in the durian packaging process.
“About 90% of Vietnamese businesses work for China in the processing stage and they are under pressure in terms of output and delivery time. This prevents them from having enough time to process the durian fruit dry enough to export to the Chinese market.
This leads to uneven moisture in durian fruits. If they do not reach dryness, they will become moldy and damaged. When Chinese customs checks and they do not meet standards such as mold or bacteria, they must be fumigated.
Meanwhile, the cost of sterilization for a shipment takes a lot and takes 5-7 days, causing a loss of value of the durian fruit.
When a business’s shipment does not meet such standards, China will warn, they may allow the first two batches to be fumigated, and the third batch will be suspended and banned from export to China.” – Mr. Trung shared.
Proposing solutions for green technology in the durian processing and handling process to meet export standards to the Chinese market, Mr. Trung said his business is applying technology to reduce the dry matter content in Durian fruit reaches 35% before exporting to the Chinese market (3% drier than Thailand).
Making dried durian fruit to 35% will result in better quality, higher selling value than usual, and storage time of up to 30 days (manual is only about 12-13 days).
“This is confirmed by Chinese customs and Chinese wholesale and retail customers and consumers that Vietnamese durian processed with our technology is better than Thai products.” – Mr. Trung said, and hoped that state management agencies would have policies, regulations, and standards before exporting so that the durian industry in particular, and agricultural products in general, would have quality and a foothold in markets. export market.
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