Dak Lak strives to increase processed coffee exports
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, a coffee production hub of Vietnam, aims to double the ratio of processed products in its coffee exports, which currently account for only 7-10 percent of its total coffee bean output in a year.
Dak Lak (VNA) – The Central Highlands province ofDak Lak, a coffee production hub of Vietnam, aims to double the ratio of processedproducts in its coffee exports, which currently account for only 7-10 percentof its total coffee bean output in a year.
According to the province’s coffee development project to2020, Dak Lak aims to increase the proportion of powder and instant coffee incoffee sales in both domestic and foreign markets to 14-15 percent of eachyear’s crop, raising added value and improve farmers’ income.
The province has issued policies to encourage enterprises toinvest in coffee processing factories with a capacity from 700 tonnes per year.
Along with the support policies, the province has help localfirms expand export market for powder and instant coffee, and cooperate with domesticand foreign partners. It has also paid attention to promoting local coffeetrademarks through trade fairs and promotion events.
However, besides factories run by a few giant coffee firmssuch as Trung Nguyen, Nam Nguyen and An Thai, the majorityof coffee processing facilities in Dak Lak remain small-scale, with out-of-datedequipment.
Dak Lak has 204,000 hectares of coffee farm, with an outputof 450,000 tonnes of coffee beans each year.-VNA
A significant increase in coffee prices in the Central Highlands has helped offset a decline in output, according to the Steering Committee for the Central Highlands Region.
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Coffee harvesting (Photo: VNA) 
