For the first time, wild honey and salted shallots from Hoa Binh are exported to the UK.

Accordingly, this is the first shipment of processed agricultural products from Hoa Binh province to the UK market, with a total volume of 2 tons and a total value of over 300 million VND.

Two processed agricultural products for export are wild honey from Green Life Cooperative, Hop Tien Commune, Kim Boi District and Yen Thuy salted shallots from Phu Lai Agricultural Cooperative, Phu Lai Commune, Yen Thuy District.

Two processed agricultural products of Hoa Binh province, forest honey of Green Life Cooperative, Hop Tien Commune, Kim Boi District and Yen Thuy salted shallots of Phu Lai Agricultural Cooperative, Phu Lai Commune, Yen Thuy District, were exported to the UK market for the first time. Photo: Pham Hoai.

Both products have been recognized as 3-4 star OCOP at the provincial level. The forest honey product is packaged in glass jars weighing 380 grams/jar, the pickled shallot product is packaged in jars weighing 390 grams/jar and is packed in boxes meeting export standards. Both products are transported to the export market by RYB Joint Stock Company.

Before being packaged and shipped, the analytical samples of both products met the food safety testing standards required by the EU and the UK.

Representatives of leaders of some sectors and localities with agricultural products processed for export, the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center, and RYB Joint Stock Company transport products onto trucks for export. Photo: Pham Hoai.

In recent years, Hoa Binh province has exploited its potential and promoted agricultural export activities, thereby contributing to promoting the consumption of local agricultural products in domestic and foreign markets. In the first 9 months of this year, the whole province had 17 agricultural and forestry product export establishments, with a total export output of over 890,000 tons, reaching a value of over 228 billion VND.

Delegates take souvenir photos at the ceremony to export the first batch of processed agricultural products of Hoa Binh province to the UK market. Photo: Pham Hoai.

In the coming time, Hoa Binh province will continue to implement investment promotion programs, calling for businesses to invest in agriculture, farmers, and rural areas, focusing on investing in infrastructure, preliminary processing, packaging and preservation areas for agricultural products; strengthening the organization of research, forecasting foreign markets and providing timely information to producers and traders; supporting and organizing businesses and cooperatives to participate in domestic and foreign promotion programs. At the same time, efforts will be made to implement solutions so that the province's agricultural products can continue to "take off" more to the world market.

Source: https://danviet.vn/lan-dau-tien-mat-ong-rung-hanh-tam-muoi-cua-hoa-binh-duoc-xuat-khau-sang-vuong-quoc-anh-2024101216505404.htm