The rubber sector needs to develop a long-term development strategy to enhance its added value and ensure sustainable development, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan sa
Rubber latex produced at Tan Loi Rubber Farm in southern Binh Phuoc province. (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) - The rubber sector needs to develop a long-term development strategy to enhance its added value and ensure sustainable development, Deputy Minister of Agric🔯ulture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan said at the annual Global Rubber Conference in Ho Chi Minh City on December 4.
The event, the fifth of its kind, was organised by the Vietnam Rubber Association (VRA) and Malaysia’s Confexhub Group.
In 2014, Vietnam earned only 1.8 billion USD from exporting over 85 percent of its material rubber – while processed products from the other 15 percent of rubber output brought in 1.5 billion USD, Tuan said, suggesting that the sector shift to the processing industry and reduce the amount of r aw rubber material exports .
He also urged the sector to develop relevant products for domestic and international markets with a view to taking advantage of the free trade agreements Vietnam has signed.
Meanwhile, VRA President Tran Ngoc Thuan highlighted the difficulties facing the sector in recent years and attributed them to the sluggish recovery of the international economy from the global economic crisis in 2008.
The expansion of rubber tree farming has been reduced due to a continuous fall in rubber prices. The low-efficiency rubber trees have even been replaced with other crops, according to Thuan.
In order to overcome the difficulty, a representative from the association called for tax and investment incentives for the sector to boost production and exports .
The association also pledged to help expand markets for rubber wood while providing technical assistance to raise the quality of rubber products.
Sharing the association’s view, General Secretary of the International Rubber Research and Development Board Abdul Aziz Kadir suggested the Vietnamese rubber sector diversify its products, such as rubber wood processing and exports, and enhance ecotourism in rubber forests in a bid to increase rubber farmers’ incomes .
In 2015, natural rubber exports are expected to hit 1.1 million tonnes, worth a total of 1.6 billion USD, about 10 percent down from the same period last year.
Vietnamese rubber has been shipped to more than 86 countries. Its main markets are China, Malaysia, India and the Republic of Korea.-VNA
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Rubber latex produced at Tan Loi Rubber Farm in southern Binh Phuoc province. (Source: VNA)
