Coconut fiber - "gold"
At the end of 2006, the village of Vinh Tri (Vam Thom River), Khanh Thanh Tan Commune, Mo Cay district, about 200 establishments producing coconut fiber, large and small operations throughout the busy day. This is where the concentrated production base for export coconut fiber in Ben Tre. From early morning, the sound of coconut shells slitter has echoes across the two river Vam Thom. A young man is peeling coconut toil at the base of Nguyen Van Muoi, said: "Stripped coconut 1 trigger (200 left) a remuneration of 8,000 contracts, an average of one day a stork stripped from 8-10 (1 1200 natural coconut fruit). Coconut from the boat to shore all remuneration 7000 / Natural coconut. Beating coconut (by machine) 50,000 / tonne. Stripping coconut fiber (by machine) VND120,000 / tonne, the average 8-hour, 5 who are at least 2 tons deprivation. And the drying process but only minimally positive Coconut fiber work, especially during the rainy season. But pre-drying 1 ton of high coconut fiber, VND120,000 / tonne ... The only manufacturing facility Coconut fiber activities year round, only Tet holiday, the working people as I stay healthy. "
He said, "Rural Labor is hard to find a job. Thanks coconut fiber production lines, each employee on a regular income 50,000 / day is very precious. This village, about 200 establishments, each base employment of labor 18-20 ".
Previously, Mr. Nguyen Van Seeing family working in the field, struggling. Thanks coconut fiber manufacturing jobs, his family has owned a production facility with 20 employees and a house wall storage condition. 10 years ago, his family was accepted as the basis of satellite manufacturing coconut fiber for the production company, sales, import and export Truc Giang (company business, Truc Giang Import-Export). With a capacity of only 2-3 tons / day, the family income of VND 400,000 / day, after deducting all costs.
In 2005-2006 was the heyday of manufacturing industries in Ben Tre coconut fiber. Customers do not always produce enough to meet demand from overseas orders. Price only Coconut fiber exports jumped from US $ 220 / ton in 2003 to $ 350 / ton in 2006. As the price of coconut shell from 200-250 / females at up to 1,000-1,500 dong / female, but the facility must paintings purchased for the production of coconut shell. Both farmers and producers only coconut Coconut fiber fibers are excited with the "gold" from Coconut fiber.
Lesson competition
But step in early 2007, just Coconut fiber export prices started falling long and now just over 200 USD / ton. Mr. Ha Vinh Hoa, Director of Truc Giang Import Export business, said: In the past, many countries in the region have coconut such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka ... just focus on producing products from coconut such as desiccated coconut, coconut milk ... as part of the coconut shell is considered waste products, no one bought. While in Ben Tre coconut shell is fully utilized for the production of coconut fiber. Until China, Taiwan ... demand for coconut fiber imported in large quantities to make mattresses automotive, bed cushion, sofa ... the manufacturing of Ben Tre coconut fiber begins thriving. Mattresses by coconut fiber materials have the advantage of very slight and does not pollute the environment when not in use (coconut fiber is biodegradable). In China, Taiwan, most army barracks were using mattresses made from coconut fiber ... In winter, the demand for mattresses sold in the market surged, so normally from July to the end of the lunar year these countries need to import huge coconut fiber.
Due to the advantage "alone, a fair" price coconut fiber originating from Ben Tre to China, Taiwan ascending. In Ben Tre, a growing number of establishments producing coconut fiber appearance. Because the supply does not meet demand, the exporter has exported only Coconut fiber shipments humidity from 30-35 degrees. While standards of importers given the humidity below 20.
To overcome supply depends only exclusive Coconut fiber Vietnam, many Chinese enterprises have brought people to the Ben Tre "tour" production process coconut fiber. All machinery for the production stages coconut fiber from Ben Tre residents get their homemade production orders and taken to China as samples to reproduce. Soon, these machines are China led to the coconut water but do not know much leverage to produce coconut shell coconut fiber as in Ben Tre. So just Coconut fiber export prices dragged down the market. In addition, the new water involved in producing coconut fiber was actively controlled humidity standards of the importer, to compete with sourcing from Vietnam.
Due to the competition for raw coconut shells too stiff, a number of manufacturing establishments in Ben Tre coconut fiber has to take Mexico to find the source of raw materials for production. Mr. Ha Vinh Hoa said: In Mexico, people just use coconut, coconut shell almost dumped. Who have very extreme coconut processing of this waste stuff. So just Coconut fiber production in Mexico of course has a competitive advantage over coconut fiber produced in Ben Tre coconut shells as raw material prices are much cheaper.
The advantage of coconut fiber production in Ben Tre is white, smooth (in part due to left), favored by customers. However, manufacturing Ben Tre coconut fiber that is lost by not keeping top quality from exclusive advantages no longer exist. On the other hand, by focusing only exporting raw materials to the manufacturing base is being dependent on the focal point of consumption. China can learn and follow the process of producing coconut fiber of Ben Tre, Ben Tre, it can also open the factory coconut fiber mattress from China. Why not?
