Local enterprises have asked the State to give them quotas on importingindustrial salt for chemical and healthcare sectors while the local rawsalt inventory remains high.
Vietnamese industrialsalt has a higher price than imported salt, even when transport fees andduties are included. For this reason firms have imported salt to savemoney, said Pham Tat Thang, a trade expert.
TheState should offer support by giving loans and technological support tosalt farmers in order to enable the local salt industry to develop andmeet local as well as export demands, he said.
Headded that the State should have policies to encourage local firms topurchase all salt from local farmers and enterprises where possible.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has given quotas on importingindustrial salt to three local enterprises for manufacturing andproduction in the chemical and healthcare sectors.
The quota was 20,000 tonnes of industrial salt for the South ChemicalLtd Company, 10,000 tonnes for Viet Tri Chemical Joint Stock Company and21,000 tonnes for Vedan Vietnam Ltd Company.
Theministry said the refined industrial salt it permitted the localenterprises to import is the result of a deficit in the local supply.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD) said by the end of October, the national raw saltinventory from farmers and local enterprises stood at 118,146 tonnes.
The ministry also said many foreign food firms inJapan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and the US have imported Vietnameseraw salt in order to refine it.
Ngo Tan Ban, formerleader of the Vietnam Salt Corporation, tells Dan Viet online that manyforeign firms imported high volumes of Vietnamese raw salt forproduction purposes.
Ban says the production ofindustrial salt needs considerable investment. He believes the Stateneeds to support farmers by providing support for both input capital andfor upgrading manufacturing equipment.
Last year,Vietnam exported a total of 20,500 tonnes of salt to Japan, the Republicof Korea, Taiwan and the US, MARD said.
The ThanhHoa Salt Company alone sent 554 tonnes of salt to the US and Japan. Thecompany expected to export 600 tonnes of salt to the two markets thisyear and to expand its exports into other foreign markets.
Central Thanh Hoa province exports 4-5 containers of raw salt monthly,while southern Bac Lieu province, which is the largest salt producer inVietnam, recently signed a partnership to export high quality raw saltto Japan.-VNA
Vietnamese industrialsalt has a higher price than imported salt, even when transport fees andduties are included. For this reason firms have imported salt to savemoney, said Pham Tat Thang, a trade expert.
TheState should offer support by giving loans and technological support tosalt farmers in order to enable the local salt industry to develop andmeet local as well as export demands, he said.
Headded that the State should have policies to encourage local firms topurchase all salt from local farmers and enterprises where possible.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has given quotas on importingindustrial salt to three local enterprises for manufacturing andproduction in the chemical and healthcare sectors.
The quota was 20,000 tonnes of industrial salt for the South ChemicalLtd Company, 10,000 tonnes for Viet Tri Chemical Joint Stock Company and21,000 tonnes for Vedan Vietnam Ltd Company.
Theministry said the refined industrial salt it permitted the localenterprises to import is the result of a deficit in the local supply.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD) said by the end of October, the national raw saltinventory from farmers and local enterprises stood at 118,146 tonnes.
The ministry also said many foreign food firms inJapan, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and the US have imported Vietnameseraw salt in order to refine it.
Ngo Tan Ban, formerleader of the Vietnam Salt Corporation, tells Dan Viet online that manyforeign firms imported high volumes of Vietnamese raw salt forproduction purposes.
Ban says the production ofindustrial salt needs considerable investment. He believes the Stateneeds to support farmers by providing support for both input capital andfor upgrading manufacturing equipment.
Last year,Vietnam exported a total of 20,500 tonnes of salt to Japan, the Republicof Korea, Taiwan and the US, MARD said.
The ThanhHoa Salt Company alone sent 554 tonnes of salt to the US and Japan. Thecompany expected to export 600 tonnes of salt to the two markets thisyear and to expand its exports into other foreign markets.
Central Thanh Hoa province exports 4-5 containers of raw salt monthly,while southern Bac Lieu province, which is the largest salt producer inVietnam, recently signed a partnership to export high quality raw saltto Japan.-VNA
