Pacific Foods exports first batch of lychee to Europe

Recently, Pacific Foods Joint Stock Company officially joined as a member of the Food Association of Ho Chi Minh City. HCM. Pacific Foods is a unit specializing in the production and trading of spices and agricultural products on the domestic, Asian, European and American markets.

On the afternoon of June 7, 2021, at Noi Bai international airport, Pacific Foods Joint Stock Company officially exported the first batch of Thanh Ha (Hai Duong) lychees to Europe under the Free Trade Agreement between Vietnam and the EU. EVFTA). In the next week, a batch of Luc Ngan litchi (Bac Giang) also sets out to conquer this fastidious community of 27 countries.

Representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Pacific Foods and delegates at the ceremony to export lychee batches to the EU

At the ceremony to export the first batch of lychee to the EU, there were the attendance of Mr. Vu Ba Phu, Director of the Trade Promotion Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the representative of Pacific Foods in the North. , Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Women Entrepreneurs, Delta E&C Consulting Group…

A representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that despite being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the ministry has cooperated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to implement many synchronous solutions right from the 2021 crop year to find domestic and special consumption markets. is export. Currently, tens of tons of lychee from Hai Duong and Bac Giang provinces are available on store shelves at Japanese and Singaporean supermarket chains, and in the next few days will be EU countries - a potential market with about 430 million people. This result comes from efforts to connect and promote consumption in the lychee crop in 2021. Accordingly, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has cooperated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and specialized agencies to direct and support the province in the process of advertising. publicity, promotion and connection of fabric consumption. Currently, the EU is the fourth export market of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables, with this available platform plus the import tax exemption and reduction as committed in the EVFTA, it is helping to increase the competitiveness of Vietnamese fruits compared to Vietnam. with rivals that do not have an FTA with the EU such as Thailand, China, Malaysia, Indonesia...

The first batch of lychee "conquered" the EU market

The Ministry of Industry and Trade also highly appreciated the efforts of Pacific Foods, which have actively sought, connected and succeeded in bringing lychee to the EU market in the context of the Covid -19 epidemic showing no signs of abating, still being major barrier to the return to the “new normal” between countries. The first batch of lychees will go by air and "dock" in the Czech Republic, where the largest population and Vietnamese community in the EU is living in the next few days.

General Director of Pacific Foods Chung Tri Phong said that Pacific Foods successfully exported a batch of lychee from two famous raw materials areas Thanh Ha of Hai Duong and Luc Ngan of Bac Giang according to GlobalGAP, VietGAP standards, etc. to the EU according to the Agreement. EVFTA, proving that Vietnamese lychee is always favored by world customers, and domestic enterprises can meet many strict requirements of markets, of which the EU is an example.

The representative of Pacific Foods also emphasized that the export of Vietnamese goods to the world is not only to affirm the name of Vietnam but also to protect the sacred sovereignty of the country by adhering to quality and prestige. to increase the country's credibility through bringing quality products to the world. After lychee will be jackfruit, dragon fruit, rice... which will be promoted by the company to export to the EU.

Pacific Foods is a unit that has been exporting fish sauce for 10 years to the US market and is currently ranked 1st in the traditional fish sauce brand Mami on the Amazon e-commerce platform. After successfully conquering the world market, Pacific Foods is implementing a plan to return to serve the domestic market and consumers.

VAFOST (By Pacific Foods)