Nghe An sesame rice paper 'exported'
(Baonghean.vn) - In 2022 alone, sesame rice paper from Luong Son, Nhan Son, Do Luong - a product that achieved 3 OCOP stars at the provincial level, was exported to the following countries: Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia with an output of 1.5 million pieces.
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Sesame rice paper production workshop in Nhan Son, Do Luong. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Choosing to start a business with local products -sesame rice paper, the young couple born in the 90s, Nguyen Ngoc Phuong and Nguyen Ba Thang (Do Luong) have invested in a modern factory, the stages from making flour, spreading rice paper, drying rice paper are all automated by assembly lines and machines with an output of up to 40 million rice papers/year, creating jobs for 50 local workers.
To find outlets for their products, in addition to expanding the domestic market share, Phuong and Thang have recently sought ways to connect and market rice paper products to other countries. Initially, through local children working abroad, sesame rice paper - a specialty of Do Luong - was exported through unofficial channels, with only a few hundred to a few thousand pieces per trip. The main markets were Taiwan and Thailand.
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The Japanese market has very strict product requirements. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
In 2021, through a partner company in the export group, the first rice paper of Do Luong was exported to the Japanese market with a quantity of half a container. Mr. Phuong said that the Japanese market has very strict requirements for products, from traceability of input materials, quality, design, accurate weight to each gram, especially food hygiene and safety. Therefore, the production process of sesame rice paper is strictly inspected, supervised and tested by the partner.
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Packing rice paper for export. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
In 2022, the company exported toJapanese market1 million sesame rice paper, worth 2.2 billion VND, were distributed to supermarkets and grocery stores in Japan. This is the opening direction for Do Luong rice paper to "broaden the way to export", reaching the markets of other countries.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong - Sales Director, Luong Son Food Production and Trading Company Limited said: "In the near future, we will expand exports to Korea and European countries. At the same time, we will complete procedures and documents to export directly to these countries without going through an intermediary partner"./.
