(LĐ online) - This is the assessment from the Lam Dong Department of Industry and Trade after working with relevant departments and sectors and reports from 5 tea processing and exporting enterprises to the Pakistan and Afghanistan markets recently.
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| Tea production for export in Lam Dong province |
According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Lam Dong, implementing the direction of the People's Committee of Lam Dong province on the prevention and handling of the use of tea dyeing chemicals, after reviewing and organizing a meeting to collect opinions from relevant departments and branches, the Department of Industry and Trade has just sent a document to the People's Committee of Lam Dong province as well as made related recommendations and proposals.
According to the review results of the Department of Industry and Trade, by 2022, the province has 161 tea processing companies with a scale of 39,410 tons/year and 65 tea processing facilities with a scale of 10,000 tons/year concentrated in Da Lat and Bao Loc cities; Bao Lam, Lam Ha and Di Linh districts.
Tea export output in 2022 is estimated at 4.67 thousand tons and is estimated at 11.56 million USD, down 34.13% in volume and 11.12% in value over the same period. Tea export output in the first 5 months of 2023 is estimated at 2.2 thousand tons and is estimated at 5.3 million USD, up 38.4% in volume and value over the same period.
The main export markets for tea include: Taiwan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to data provided by the Da Lat Customs Branch in 2022 and 5 months of 2023, the Da Lat Customs Branch carried out customs procedures for 5 tea exporting enterprises to the Pakistan and Afghanistan markets, including: Phong Giang Company Limited, Thien Phuong Trading Processing Private Enterprise, Phuong Nam Private Enterprise, Phuoc Nam Anh Company Limited and Dang Gia Tea Company Limited. Lam Dong tea products exported to the Pakistan and Afghanistan markets are mainly green tea.
According to data compiled from 2022 to present, no enterprise has had its exported tea batch returned, which means that the products of tea exporting enterprises meet the conditions and food safety criteria of the Pakistani and Afghan markets.
According to the data reported by 5 tea processing and exporting enterprises to the Pakistan and Afghanistan markets to the Department of Industry and Trade, through careful inspection and review, the above enterprises affirmed that during the purchasing and processing process, the enterprises must strictly implement the technical requirements of each production stage and absolutely do not use any tea dyeing chemicals in the production process, in order to create a product line with the most natural flavor to meet the requirements of the market and import customers.
Based on the results of working with relevant departments and agencies and reports from 5 enterprises, it is shown that enterprises producing, processing and exporting tea to the Pakistan and Afghanistan markets do not use chemicals in the processing process. Therefore, the Department of Industry and Trade proposed that the Provincial People's Committee not yet establish a delegation to inspect Lam Dong's tea producing, processing and exporting enterprises.
At the same time, it is proposed that the Provincial People's Committee assign the Department of Industry and Trade to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and related units to strengthen information and propaganda work as well as warning and prevention of the use of chemicals by enterprises in the production and processing process in general and tea production and processing in particular to supply the domestic market and export to other countries (especially export to Pakistan and Afghanistan markets).
Regarding the content of tea export to the Middle East market, on June 7, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Lam Dong issued a document requesting Lam Dong tea production and trading enterprises not to use chemicals to dye tea during the production and trading process. The Department also requested enterprises to promptly notify the authorities when detecting cases of organizations and individuals using chemicals to dye tea, contributing to strengthening quality management and joining hands to protect the Vietnamese tea brand.
Previously, on May 9, 2023, the Afghan government announced on television a complete ban on the import of Vietnamese tea using dyeing chemicals. At the same time, Pakistani tea importers also warned the Pakistan Tea Association and Pakistan Customs about the use of tea dyeing chemicals. And relevant Pakistani agencies are studying to tighten the procedures for checking the quality of tea imported from Vietnam.
Lam Dong Department of Industry and Trade later also issued a document requesting 5 enterprises specializing in exporting tea to the above 2 markets to report on the production, processing and export of tea, clarifying whether or not they used tea dyeing chemicals.
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