Ms. Ly Kim Chi, Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Food and Foodstuff Association (FFA), said that many months ago, the Association's enterprises had export orders until the end of the year, with goods available in markets of nearly 180 countries and territories.

In particular, after the EVFTA agreement took effect, Vietnamese agricultural products were available on many supermarket shelves in Europe. Export items with very good growth are rice, coffee, pepper... with export turnover of each type increasing from 21.7% to 36.1%.

In the past 8 months, Ho Chi Minh City enterprises exported rice with a growth of 21.7%
In addition to the advantages when the market recovered and trade agreements came into effect, enterprises also faced difficulties due to rapid and unpredictable fluctuations in the world, especially changes in shipping schedules. This increased costs and affected delivery times, especially for fresh vegetables and fruits.

Along with that, fluctuations in the world affected the supply chain of raw materials, creating great pressure for food and beverage processing enterprises because some colors and flavors still had to be imported.

Ms. Ly Kim Chi said that in order to closely connect the supply chain and create a stable supply of raw materials for food and beverage processing enterprises for export, from October 9 to 11, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Vietnam Food and Beverage (F&B) Ingredients Exhibition - Fi Vietnam 2024 will take place.

The Ho Chi Minh City Food and Food Association hopes that 150 enterprises from 30 countries and territories present at the exhibition will have specific and feasible cooperation with Vietnamese enterprises: Currently, the issue of quality of food additives is put on top, because it is very important. Therefore, the exhibition organizing committee invites suppliers from other countries that meet international standards to come here. Instead of looking for raw materials from many places around the world, the exhibition gathers almost all of them.