Maintain the pace of industrial and commercial development

(Baonghean) - Despite many difficulties, especially lack of business capital, enterprises in the industry and trade sector have made efforts to implement many solutions, completing the set goals, actively contributing to maintaining a fairly high growth rate in industrial production and trade activities.

MOne day at the end of the year, we visited SABECO-Song Lam Packaging Joint Stock Company. Amidst the noise of machinery, Mr. Ngo Xuan Hoa - Deputy Director of the Company said: “This is the final time to deliver products to customers, so workers often have to work overtime. This year, despite difficulties, inventory has affected the company's sales, but in order to maintain and grow, we have reduced the output price of products by 5-7%, exploiting new orders. Therefore, sales have not decreased but increased compared to 2012. In 2013, the Company achieved revenue of 1,200 billion VND, with an output of 660 million cans and 20 million carton products, contributing 150 billion VND to the state budget. The average salary of workers is 5.5 million VND/month”.

Product transportation at SABECO - Song Lam Packaging Joint Stock Company.

Mr. Nguyen Van The - Head of Industrial Management Department said: Although the economic situation is still difficult, some products with a large proportion in the industrial production value of Nghe An such as beer, electricity production, fresh milk still increased quite well. Projects have begun to be completed and put into effective operation such as: Hua Na Hydropower Plant (February), Khe Bo Hydropower Plant (May), Hanosimex Garment Factory (May), MLB Tenergy Garment Factory (May), TH Fresh Milk Factory (July), Tien Phong Plastic Factory (September),...

In 2013, the industrial production index increased by 8.83% compared to the previous year. This is the third year of implementing the plan for the period 2011-2015, enterprises actively contributed to completing the target such as: Nghe An Sugarcane Company Limited; Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, Saigon - Song Lam Beer Joint Stock Company, Hanoi - Nghe An Beer Company; Saigon - Nghe Tinh Beer Company, TH Milk Joint Stock Company, SABECO - Song Lam Packaging Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Tea Investment and Development Company, Song Lam Paper Joint Stock Company, Nghe An Mineral Joint Stock Company, Handicraft Joint Stock Company... Some main products in 2013 had a fairly high increase compared to 2012 such as refined sugar 142,751 tons, up 48% due to increased sugarcane output for pressing, increased sugar reserves in sugarcane and this year's pressing season started earlier than every year; beer of all kinds reached 166 million liters; 11,360 tons of yarn, up 28%; 9.33 million pieces of pants and shirts for adults, up 37%; 2,375.6 million kWh of electricity produced, up 77%; 25 million liters of tap water, up 11%.

Regarding exports, the total turnover for the year reached over 624 million USD, exceeding the annual plan target by 35.7%, of which the export turnover of goods reached 344.369 million USD, up 28% compared to 2012; labor export and foreign currency earning services reached 280 million USD. Some major export items increased quite well or maintained a high turnover compared to the previous year such as: textiles 31.7 million USD, up 2.2 times; seafood of all kinds 22 million USD, up 82%; wood chips 80 million USD, up 24.5%...

Export of goods has made remarkable progress compared to the previous year, completing and exceeding the assigned targets and plans. Enterprises with high achievements in export turnover of goods include: Thanh Thanh Dat Company Limited with 80.203 million USD, up 81.2%; XURY Viet Trung Seafood Processing Company Limited with 21.693 million USD; Nghe An Import-Export Joint Stock Company with 19.256 million USD, up 65.0%... The proportion of processed exported goods is increasing, especially forestry - aquatic products, minerals, construction materials, textiles, wood products reaching 233 million USD, accounting for nearly 67% of the total export turnover of goods of the whole province. The export market structure is relatively stable: China is still the leading market, accounting for 56%; Laos 13%; India 5%; Korea 4.2%; Germany 2.9%; United States 2.7%; Japan 1.5%.

Along with that, the Market Management Department has strengthened inspection and control in key areas and focal points in the province to detect and strictly handle subjects trading in smuggled foreign goods and prohibited goods circulating in the market. Coordinated with functional sectors and authorities at all levels to inspect and control the production and trading of counterfeit and poor quality goods; violations of measurement, food hygiene and safety, intellectual property and violations of labeling of goods. As a result, in 2013, 6,777 cases were inspected, 4,873 cases were handled, and 7,327.8 million VND was collected in fines. Thanks to that, smuggling, counterfeit goods and trade fraud have been limited, contributing to stabilizing the market situation, creating conditions for production development, and protecting consumer rights.

Shopping at BigC Supermarket.

However, some key products according to the Resolution of the 17th Provincial Party Congress did not achieve the set plan: cement, white stone for export, livestock and milk processing... The development of new key products that have an impact on the province's economy such as metallurgy, mechanical engineering, electrical equipment, information technology... has achieved low results or has not been implemented in practice. The production and business situation of enterprises continues to be difficult, showing signs of stagnation; market purchasing power has decreased; many enterprises have to reduce their scale, close their tax codes and stop production and business, a part of the labor force has lost their jobs, their income is unstable, and their lives face many difficulties.

Talking about the target in 2014, Mr. Phan Thanh Tinh - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade said: In 2014, we set the main targets: Industrial production value increased by 11.0% - 12%; total retail sales of goods and consumer services revenue: 55,000 billion VND, increased by 19.6%; total export turnover: 520 million USD. To achieve that target, the industry continues to implement solutions to control inflation; review and supplement planning, policies, programs and projects for industrial and trade development; strongly improve the investment environment, business environment and provincial competitiveness index (PCI), promote production and business, effectively implement solutions to improve growth quality. At the same time, proactively remove difficulties and obstacles for enterprises in investment, production and business to reduce costs, maximize capacity, increase competitiveness in the market".

According to economic experts, to promote capacity and increase product value, the industry needs solutions, mobilize all capital sources for production investment; encourage enterprises to invest in developing supporting industries, providing raw materials for textile factories preparing to come into operation. Gradually invest in technological innovation, master imported technologies, increase added value and competitiveness of products. Particularly for industrial production, it is necessary to consolidate and develop the distribution system to expand and increase market share for industrial products. Strengthen and improve the effectiveness of forecasting and analyzing the market situation, continue to practice thrift, and combat waste to improve production and business efficiency. In addition to boosting production, contributing to ensuring the balance of supply and demand of essential goods, making good use of the capacity of existing factories, speeding up the implementation of factories to increase production capacity such as: hydropower, cement, unburnt materials, especially key products that contribute to large production value such as: beer, hydropower, cement, milk, white stone, construction materials, packaging,...

Specifically, for beverage products: Promote the capacity of 3 beer factories to reach an output of 180 million liters/year; promote the TH milk processing line in Nghe An to reach a milk output of 150 million liters (40 million liters of Vinamilk milk and 110 million liters of TH milk). Hydropower: Promote the capacity of the hydropower plant that has been put into operation, striving for an electricity output of 2.8-3.0 billion kWh. Cement: Promote the full capacity of existing factories and operate the new 600,000-ton Anh Son 12/9 Petroleum Cement Factory to reach an output of 1.56 million tons. Speed ​​up the transfer of Do Luong Cement Factory to the new investor. Call for new investors to invest in the Saigon - Tan Ky Cement Project; create all favorable conditions and support investors of the Tan Thang Cement Project and the Petroleum Cement Project to speed up the investment and construction progress. For the agricultural, forestry and fishery processing industry, we will focus on exploiting the capacity of tea, cassava starch, sugarcane, seafood and animal feed processing factories. Particularly for the textile and garment industry, we will accelerate the construction of yarn and garment factories; promote the capacity of 4 garment factories in Korea (3 factories) and Japan (1 factory); increase the garment output to 17 million products, yarn to 12,500 tons. Some factories have new products such as: Electronic components manufacturing factory (BSE-Korea) 250 million products/year, Tien Phong plastic production...

Thu Huyen