From agricultural residues such as sugarcane bagasse, pineapple shell (aromatic), cashew nut shell ... many companies took advantage of making exports brought about many millions of dollars.

"Cashew nut shell no longer be considered a failed product, which is becoming valuable materials. Peel oil processing industry that could bring hundreds of millions of dollars each year ..." Mr. Tran Van Phuc, Director Phuc Dung Co., one of dozens of oil processing enterprises in Binh Phuoc Cashew shell, said.

Data from the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas) also said that in 2011 alone the past, businesses have processed cashew oil production is about 80,000 tons, including 60,000 tons of exports, earning more $ 50 million. Mr. Nguyen Thai Hoc, chairman Vinacas said that cashew oil and deep-processed products made from cashew shell is a potential manufacturing industry to develop in the future, this is a new direction for this sector in alongside future major products are exported cashew nuts.
According to a number of businesses, from oil processing technology that does not bark too complex, being developed in countries with low cost, thus has attracted many businesses involved. Only in Binh Phuoc province, according to Vinacas, there are about 15 enterprises processing cashew oil, with a capacity of about 100,000 tons of Cashew shell per year.
Mr. Le Bong, director of Thien An Company Limited (Binh Phuoc), said demand for large cashew shell oil, the supply is not enough demand to happen buying art competition between firms selling oil production casing cashew nuts in the area. "This is the culmination of the manufacturing sector cashew nut shell oil, but due to low human cost, the inventory now waiting for prices to rise, so that housing supply can not meet demand" - Mr. Le Bong explained.
Starting with a single product items as sugarcane bagasse, to date Kim Nghia Co., Ltd (Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City) has added products from pineapple pulp, cassava leaves, orange peel ... The peak time each month the company exported over 30 containers of products (24-26 tons / container), with annual sales in the tens of millions of dollars.
Mr. Nguyen Van Nghia, Director Kim Nghia Co., said the Japanese see it as food rather than animal feed so demanding about quality, safety and food hygiene. Just check the shipment was in violation of food safety standards is that they pay compensation for goods or captured. "Before any export shipment, we will send the samples to the agency's analysis of Vietnam and Japan, emerging only when they reach away" - he means to say.
British Chinese, providing a clue sugarcane bagasse and sugarcane bagasse export in Binh Duong, said demand for processing sugarcane bagasse for animal feed exports are now very large, only the facility each day supply dozen sugarcane bagasse fermentation container, laminated or pressed cakes for export processing. To have enough material, sugarcane bagasse company to buy plants from South Central to the preliminary treatment.
According to Nguyen Van Nghia, the Japanese counterpart said only import food for dairy cows and beef cattle in Japan each year to over $ 10 billion. While export sales of the company Vietnam exports to this market has not reached 1%. "If you raise the market share in Japan from under 1% to 10% per year VN can collect $ 1 billion from the sale of feed for dairy cows and beef cattle, not to mention the Korean market also needs enormous demand for these commodities "- meaning he asserted.
For example, sugarcane bagasse alone, each year Vietnam can provide for the export market millions of tons. According to the Vietnam Sugar Association, approximately 10 million tons of cane per year and the rate of sugarcane bagasse obtained after crushing from 25-30%, the output can be obtained 2.5-3 million tonnes of cane . However, the sugarcane bagasse is currently used ineffective, largely used as an organic fertilizer, potting mushrooms.
A leader of Kieu Loan Co., enterprise-scale cashew nut shell more than 20,000 tons per year in Binh Phuoc, confirming market for cashew nut shell oil show potential. However, because most Vietnam enterprises are now only stop in the form of crude oil production and exports to the value of this product is not high. In the meantime, the Chinese import - key market for Vietnam's cashew nut shell oil - oil used to produce Cashew shell export products of high economic value such as paint more advanced, adhesive material, insulation material, motorcycle brake ...
In addition, Vietnam also has one of the largest fruit production of the Southeast Asian region with many types of fruits can utilize by-products (stem, bark) as orange, pineapple, dragon fruit ... Vegetable Association Vietnam fruit (Vinafruits), more and more local companies take advantage of these types of products such as peel, core, stem ... for processing animal feed for export. "The demand for imported goods is very large, but Vietnam still has not made good by concentrating production and use of this material are wasted ..." - Mr. Huynh Quang Dau, Vice President Vinafruits , said