Agricultural products enter the big market
On April 24, the Department of Industry and Trade of Gia Lai province said that in recent years, the province's export activities have continuously increased in scale and quantity.
Total export turnover in 2020 reached 580 million USD; in 2021 reached 630 million USD; in 2022 reached 660 million USD; in 2023 reached 680 million USD; and in 2024 reached 820 million USD.
In particular, in the first 4 months of 2025, it reached 685 million USD, equivalent to 80% of the annual plan, up 55.8% over the same period. This is a large growth rate and a bright spot in the province's import-export activities.
The export market is increasingly expanding. The main market is Europe (accounting for 50-60% of the province's total export turnover), consuming the majority of green coffee beans, wood products, etc.
The Asian market accounts for about 30% of total export turnover, to countries such as China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia...; mainly consuming products such as rubber, cassava, coffee, wood products.
Gia Lai's main export products are mainly agricultural products such as: coffee, rubber, cassava, pepper, wood products... which are present in about 50 countries. Some product lines have met high quality requirements in markets such as the US, Europe, and Japan. A typical example is coffee, with an average export turnover of 300 million USD/year.
In addition, the province's fruit products have also penetrated markets with high demands for quality, typically Vietnamese banana and fruit products being sold and distributed for the first time through supermarkets in Korea.
Need to overcome limitations in logistics services
Some products such as passion fruit, bananas, pineapple, frozen mangoes... are exported to the following markets: EU, China, USA, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong (China), Australia, Canada, Spain... Of which, the EU market accounts for more than 60% of the export turnover of vegetables and fruits.
Despite achieving great growth results, the export of agricultural products of Gia Lai province still faces many difficulties and certain problems.
Mr. Pham Van Binh - Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Gia Lai province - added: "Currently, the province's agricultural structure has not had a strong change, mainly developing widely through increasing area, increasing crops, increasing productivity; creating large volumes but the efficiency per unit of area is still low.
In addition, deep processing is still limited, raw export products still account for a large proportion, not bringing high added value".
Logistics services have not been developed, lacking centralized warehouse infrastructure. While Gia Lai is a strong center for agricultural development in the country, the underdevelopment of logistics causes difficulties for exporting enterprises due to high transportation costs and difficulty in price competition.
