Before the EUDR comes into effect: What do businesses need?
Listening to opinions from associations and businesses is an important condition for planners to come up with appropriate policies to effectively implement EUDR.
In nearly 18 months, the European Anti-Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will come into effect. In that context, Mr. Nguyen Nam Hai, Chairman of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association, said that the EUDR showed responsibility. of the EU for global environmental protection.
Besides, this also shows that with the Vietnamese coffee industry in particular, we need to join hands to protect the environment.
In the past time, the effects of climate change and especially El Nino have caused difficulties for Vietnam's coffee industry in terms of quality and output. Currently, coffee prices are at their highest levels in about 30 years, partly due to the effects of El Nino climate change.
“We do well with EU regulations to show the responsibility of the Vietnamese coffee industry to the environment. Like Ms. Tran Quynh Chi said, since 2000, we have done very little deforestation. Our total coffee growing area is about 680,000ha, most of which are mature and well preserved. According to EU regulations on anti-deforestation after December 31, 2020, I think it is quite a bit because that is the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, "said Nguyen Nam Hai.
Out of 680,000 hectares of coffee, the export market to 27 EU countries is 39% of the total export turnover of the country's coffee. So, if done well, this is an opportunity to increase the market share of Vietnamese coffee to the EU.
Regarding difficulties, the Chairman of the Vietnam Coffee - Cocoa Association said that the Vietnamese coffee industry is mainly produced by small and fragmented farmers, so the traceability to the garden is very important. hard.
"We also need to warn farmers, otherwise there will be a phenomenon that people living near the forest can destroy forests to grow coffee at a time when coffee prices are so high," he stressed.
In order to have suitable solutions for producers to effectively implement EUDR, Mr. Nguyen Nam Hai said, the first is how our ministries, branches and localities have a database, creating a database. conditions for traceability of coffee to the garden because this is very difficult.
“We can confirm that before December 31, 2020, there was almost no deforestation to grow coffee, but it is very difficult to prove the origin as required by the EU. Therefore, it is recommended to have synchronous support from state management agencies, ministries, branches as well as localities to solve this problem," the head of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association stated. .
Regarding this issue, he said that Vietnam must have an accurate forest map by December 31, 2020 to identify low-risk, high-risk and high-risk areas, from which to screen and better traceability in the future.
“And when we implement EUDR, it will also affect the lives of some farmers, especially farmers in the forest and near the forest. Therefore, it is necessary for the State and ministries and local authorities to have a plan to support people's lives during the implementation of this regulation", another recommendation was given by the leader of the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association. go out.
According to the newspaper: Nongnghiep.vn