Pham Thai
Visitors inspect a machine displayed at the Vietnam International Woodworking Industry Fair 2013 - Photo: Thai Hang
Speaking to the Daily at the Vietnam International Woodworking Industry Fair 2013 opened on Wednesday, Huynh Quang Thanh, chairman of the Binh Duong Furniture Association, said that most wood processing enterprises in Binh Duong Province were not worried about lacking orders.
That is to say local furniture makers have the demand to acquire new technologies for their production expansion, according to Thanh.
Furthermore, most of the wood processing enterprises have operated for a long time, and thus their technology is somehow outdated and the demand of new equipment is high, Thanh observed.
According to a report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the export value of wood and wood products in the January-August period was over US$3.34 billion, up 12% year-on-year.
Except for a drop seen in shipments to Germany (-14.4%) and France (-2.2%), the January-July export rose strongly in most of the major markets, with the U.S. at 7.2%, China 14.7%, Japan 20.3% and South Korea 48.2%.
Meanwhile, Nguyen An Diem, chairman of the Binh Dinh Timber and Forest Products Association, said that enterprises in Binh Dinh Province mainly used equipment of medium quality imported from Taiwan, China or produced locally as their production scales were not as big as those in southern provinces.
However, according to Diem, some enterprises have started to import equipment from Europe and Japan to meet the stricter quality requirements of customers.
Vietnam has around 2,500 enterprises active in the wood processing industry and their demand of upgrading machines and equipment is huge, Diem said.
The tenth Vietnam International Woodworking Industry Fair is taking place until Saturday at Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center in HCMC’s District 7. The fair has the participation of over 260 enterprises from 19 countries and territories with over 500 booths.
The fair is organized by Vietnam National Trade Fair and Advertising Company (Vinexad), Chan Chao International Co. and some partners and associations.
Đăng ký: VietNam News