The village of coconut fiber
Previously, the craft village of Khanh Thanh Tan (Mo Cay Bac, Ben Tre) was in difficulty due to not being found in 2008 by the Vietnam Handicraft Association. Get the output.
Currently only coconut coil is falling sharply. Coir net reduced nearly 100,000 VND, only 160,000 VND / coil; Kind of cardiac lamp is also VND 100,000 / coil, down VND70,000 …
Switch to coconut shells
Khanh Thanh Tan coconut fiber co., These days no longer hear the winding sound just like before. The rows of factories were dormant, most of the workers turned to coconut-making. Ba, who owns a ton of coconut fiber production a day, said she has been trading coconut shell for two years now as only coconut fiber produced is not sold. Every day, she hires more than 20 dried coconut shells (1,200 left) to be sold to the coconut coir company in Tan Hoi commune. “Selling a lot of coconut shell that yields less than 2 million; While the factory just coir my coconut days ago several times. But also because the company has a large production scale, investment in modern lines, so I do not compete again, Ba said.
According to many coconut fiber producers, despite the fact that coconut shells have been sold, coconut shells are difficult to sell. “When the coconut shell is dry, the price of the” foreign satellite “traders do not buy the shell anymore but switch to buy only coarse coir. So I have to follow, rather than being stuck in stock. Therefore, many establishments still maintain the production workshops in moderation, “said Toan, a owner of a craft village in Khanh Thanh Tan.
However, not all establishments can switch jobs, especially those not located near the Thom River, the arterial transport route of the people doing the job. “My base is deep inside, so transporting coconut is expensive. So after the Lunar New Year last year, I had to “mast up” 6 shreds with 40 tons of finished products. This month, Korean traders have come to buy, but now they are suspended; Traders and enterprises in the province also drowned, “said the owner of the coconut fiber production base Nguyen Thanh Nghie said.
Implications of the market mechanism
According to Nguyen Chi Linh, Vice Chairman of Khanh Thanh Tan Commune People’s Committee, the difficult situation of coconut fiber production facilities has been occurring for more than two years. There are currently only 33 establishments, of which 10 are operating in moderation. In addition to the previous village, there were nearly 100 establishments, but now there are more than 10 establishments and most of them have stopped production since the Lunar New Year.
“To ease the hardship for establishments, we have not collected taxes since 2014; At the same time, they should be mobilized to meet the export conditions. However, up to now only two establishment of limited company and private company, the rest would rather transfer or abandon the job rather than the business. In addition, we have advocated the establishment of village management boards, operating under the model of new cooperatives but the grassroots still disagree, “Linh said.
Mr. Nguyen Van Xon, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Mo Cay Cay, said that the difficulties of coconut fiber production facilities in Khanh Thanh Tan are an inevitable consequence of the market economy mechanism. Small, non-focused production model. Only coconut fiber is a relatively important economic sector in the locality because it brings high profits to producers and contributes to creating jobs for rural workers, especially women.
“In the short term, we will intensify propaganda and mobilize owners of new cooperatives to concentrate capital, human resources, investment in modern technical equipment and have the legal person status to directly To participate in export, thereby step by step solve difficulties ahead, “said Xon added.
(According to Thanhnien.vn)
