Ben Tre coconut is a fruit of high economic value, great export potential and many businesses have been investing in technology to improve the quality of products to bring coconut to the world.

Coconut - a fruit that gives high economic value

Vietnam is one of the 10 countries with large coconut growing areas in the world. In particular, Ben Tre province is known as "capital" of coconut with an area of ​​about 70,000 hectares, accounting for nearly 40% of the coconut plantation area in the country. Ben Tre coconut output in 2016 reached over 594 million fruits, export turnover reached 150 million, accounting for 21% of total export value of Ben Tre.

 

In countries with strong coconut processing industries such as Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Indonesia ... coconut industry is modernized from planting to processing, so that coconut trees bring about very high economic efficiency. All parts of the fruit and coconut tree are fully utilized and are used for many different products such as canned coconut, coconut oil, coconut milk ...

Currently, the Philippines is leading the export of coconut products, alone in 2016, the country has exported 115,292 tons of products. With Indonesia, as of August 2017, the total value of coconut exports reached $ 899.47 million. With a high trade surplus, coconut is truly a fruit of economic value to countries with coconut industries, including Vietnam.

Raising the value of Vietnamese coconut

In Vietnam, instead of just exporting raw products such as coconut fruit, coconut charcoal, coconut dried coconut ... coconut processing industry is gradually improving technology and diversifying output.

Some coconut producers in Ben Tre have made a big move in recent years as they narrow their export value, focus on developing sustainable coconut material and invest in modern production lines. Produce high quality products, meet international requirements.

In particular, Ben Tre Imex Joint Stock Company (Betrimex) is a pioneer company, invested $ 22 million to build coconut canned coconut processing factory directly by Tetra Pak (Thuy) At Ben Tre, coconut milk is produced in coconut palm, contributing to the coconut's value.

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Not only coconut water, grasping the market trend, in September 2014, Betrimex continued to launch coconut milk coconut milk extracted 100% pure coconut milk from fresh coconut milk and coconut milk. With coconut raw materials, coconut milk is considered a nutritious drink that can be taken with and replaces many dairy products.

Coconut milk provides the body with many minerals and vitamins, antioxidant compounds, iron compounds, rich in healthy fatty acids. In particular, coconut milk coconut milk is a drink without preservatives, gluten-free, cholesterol-free and not use genetic material, suitable for all subjects.

Develop more coconut products

Recognizing the organic products that are typical of organic coconut is the current consumer trend, Betrimex has also pioneered the construction of certified organic coconut material by European, American, Japanese and Korean standards. Quoc at Ben Tre in order to ensure the best quality raw materials to produce Organic products.
In addition, at the beginning of 2018, the company also expanded its production and export of coconut oil and coconut milk by the advanced cold pressing technology in Europe. This product is not only sold in domestic market but also exported to other countries such as USA, China, Holland, Malaysia, Korea, Japan.

The development of a variety of handy products from coconut to meet the fast and convenient needs of modern life is an urgent need, helping to improve the value chain of coconut, contributing to the turnover. export. This is the right direction to create products from coconut Ben Tre fresh and international standards.