Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 8.4
Rice export volume, by enterprise, 2000
Serial
Volume
Share
number
Unit
(thousand tons)
(percent)
1
Vietnam Southern Food Corporation
1,662
45.3
2
Vietnam Northern Food Corporation
435
11.8
3
Vinh Long Food Company
180-200
4.9
4
Tien Giang Food Company
180-200
4.9
5
Long An Food Company
180-200
4.9
6
Dong Thap Food Company
100-150
3.41
7
An Giang Food Company
100-150
3.41
8
Soc Trang Food Company
100-150
3.41
9
An Giang Agriculture and Food Import-
Export Company
100-150
3.41
10
An Giang Import-Export Company
100-150
3.41
11
Song Hau Farm
100-150
3.41
12
Can Tho Food Company
70-80
2.04
13
Vinh Phat Agriculture Company Ltd.
70-80
2.04
14
Joint-venture companies with foreign
investments
120
3.27
15
Other enterprises
14
0.38
Total
3,671
100.0
SOURCE
: General Office of Customs.
sector participation in international trade. VINAFOOD-2 continues to handle
the majority of the corporation's rice exports, because the bulk of export rice is
produced in this region. Although the provincial SOEs have been given a sub-
stantially larger share of the national quota since 1996, food SOEs continue
to enjoy the major share of the export market. According to the data from the
General Office of Customs (Table 8.4), VINAFOOD-2 exported more than 45
percent of total rice export. But the VINAFOOD-2 website reports it has a share
of 73 percent of the total rice export from Vietnam (www.vinafood2.com/eng/
About.asp).
The above discussion shows that, although Vietnam liberalized its econ-
omy and opened up trade, reduced export taxes, and extended export licenses
(previously given to only SOEs) to the private sector, the number of private
companies actually exporting until now is still small. Despite the removal of re-
strictions to obtain export licenses by private companies (relaxation of quotas),
very few private enterprises are involved in the export trade. The most signifi-
cant constraint to exports by the private sector still remains the considerable ad-
vantage offered to SOE exporters. Unless private exporters can directly access
the international markets, there will be limited opportunity for them to develop
their business networks and business intelligence.
