More Space For Vietnamese Agricultural Exports To France

The Vietnam Commercial Office in France said that although Vietnam's food and agricultural products complement the French market, only 50 out of 500 commodities have high export value. This indicates that Vietnam's agricultural and food products have much room for export to the French market. 

 

Statistics show that France imports up to 20% of its annual agricultural and food products for domestic consumption. The value of imports has doubled in the last 20 years, from 28 billion euros in 2000 to 56 billion euros in 2019. 

 

France is the largest rice importer in the EU, accounting for 35% of total EU imports with an annual demand of about 600,000 tons, but the production of Vietnamese rice exported to the French market only accounts for about 2.1% of the market share. 

 

Vu Anh Son, head of the Vietnam Commercial Office in France, said Vietnamese exporters need to quickly make full use of the opportunities brought by the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), while participating in exhibitions and fairs to ensure stable product quality, especially fresh agricultural products imported into France and the EU is a prerequisite. At the same time, enterprises need to constantly control quality to ensure their reputation and long-term market share. 

 

Recently, under the guidance of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Commercial Service in France has been actively working on the proposal "Promoting direct participation of Vietnamese enterprises in foreign distribution networks by 2020". The Vietnam Commercial Service in France has carried out activities to directly promote and introduce Vietnamese agricultural products in supermarkets, distribution systems and wholesale markets, as well as business matching activities. 

 

In the future, the Vietnam Commercial Service in France will continue to coordinate with domestic and foreign agencies to promote the image of Vietnamese agricultural products. In addition, the Commercial Office has established a network of partners in France for importers, Asian commodity supermarket chains; recommended distribution channels in France, visited and learned about the production of Vietnamese commodity exporters, attracted investment for quality planting areas, processing lines and preservation, packaging, updates on policy changes and market demand.