Vietnam Cashew become 'boss' world / Technology cashew processing VN throne

Thu Nov 26, 2015

If previously a machine peeled buy silk from Italy can cost up to 27,000 euros (nearly 650 million calculated at current exchange rates), the current enterprise (company) processing Vietnamese cashew exporters only have to spend 250 million copper by using domestic technology. Therefore most of the nut processing enterprises using domestic machinery production.

"Not only saving billions investment costs of machinery and equipment which it is arguable quality, technological machinery and Vietnam are efficiently and accurately is not inferior foreign goods" - Mr. Nguyen Xuan Khoi, Mold Machine Company Director Vietnam, members Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas), said confidently.

Reduce costs, increase competitiveness

Mr. Khoi said, export processing cashews nine stages are now eight stages using machines and equipment in the country.

This is completely different than 4-5 years ago. Meanwhile businesses that must import virtually 100% of machinery from China, Italy, India. There are machines imported from Italy worth more than 1 billion, purchased all nine stages, each business must put tens of billions, even hundreds of billions to large-scale companies.

To redress the machinery must depend exchange, businesses that have links with domestic engineering firms study successfully manufacture various types of machinery and equipment for the processing stages cashew exports. If the comparison of costs and prices of machinery Vietnam only 50% -80% of imported machinery.

"Many of the machines manufactured by Vietnamese enterprises may say well not worse than that of the world, even have some superior features than the modern machines of Italy, India. For example shellers our country silk ratio higher seed peeling, blowing cleaner machine imported from Italy. Mowers domestic cashew nut shell extract the highest percentage who achieved 90%, 10% is due to deformed nuts. Thus it can be said to reach 100% accuracy "- Mr. Khoi said.

Not only is the technology initiative, the investment cost of machinery, cashew enterprises also reduce labor costs. According to Mr. Gong, almost present the company's machines are automated, high precision should use very little labor. If previously required approximately 100 employees, with domestic machinery manufacturing labor just 20-30.

This helps reduce costs, reduce production costs, increase competitiveness in the market.

Exports of machinery "made in Vietnam"

Mr. Le Van Dat, Director of Gia Loi (Long An), said today that the sector companies are exporting to foreign countries all the machines have high accuracy as dryers, moisture meters, metal detectors, Color separation, separation particle size, sterilization, packaging of finished products.

In particular, many businesses are built cashew processing machines the products of high added value such as salted cashew nuts, it fried, snack ... export conditions. It is this increase the value of Vietnamese cashew nuts.

Nguyen Duc Thanh, chairman of the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas), said there are now 10 member enterprises exporting machinery, equipment and offshore sectors thing. Mainly exported to Africa.

Notably, former Vietnam imports machinery from India, one of the countries with the advanced processing technology, but now it's back to buy machinery and Vietnam.

Vietnam is estimated that each year about 1.3 million tons of processed cashews. Vinacas said to technological development, increased competitiveness, the association with the Science and Technology Committee in connection with mechanical engineering enterprises, institutes, universities, research improvement of machinery, equipment, technology in cashew processing.

Vietnamese cashew nuts account for 50% of the world market

According to MARD, May 10, 2015, the export growth continued in the context of most major agricultural commodities in our country are declining.

Specifically, the number of individual exports totaled 272,000 tons with a turnover of close to $ 2 billion, up 6% in volume and 18% in value over the same period last year. The forecast of exports in 2015 will reach $ 2.5 billion, of which USD 2.3 billion people that is, the highest ever, continue debuted at number one in the world and accounts for 50% of world market share .

QUANG HUY

Source: City Law. HCM