Vietnam tea industry: an analysis from Value chain approach

Over the past two decades, there has been an increasing trend in analyzing international trade from the perspective of “value chains”, particularly in agro industry. For many countries, particularly developing countries including Vietnam, agriculture is the backbone of economic development and the main source of income. Together with rice production, Vietnam is also known as one of the most ancient home of tea.

Tea industry in Vietnam has a history of up to three thousand years and tea plays a vital role in income improvement and poverty alleviation in rural areas, especially in the Northern Uplands and North East South. In addition, tea is a high-value product that Viet Nam is already exporting to many other countries and territories worldwide. Having all these importance, there are still challenges facing the Vietnam tea industry including high fragmentation, small-scale operation and weak linkage among participants in the tea manufacturing process. This paper, hence, seeks to investigate the roles and benefits of participants in this single crop through value chain analysis to help them upgrade their position in the tea chain.

INDEX

1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHODOLOGY

3. LITERATURE REVIEW

4. OVERVIEW OF THE TEA SECTOR IN VIETNAM
   

    4.1. Production
    4.2. Export Situation
           Export Volumes
           Export Price

5. TEA VALUE CHAIN IN VIETNAM

     5.1. Producers (Farmers)
     5.2. Processors
            Non – registered households and registered household processors
            Private processing companies
    5.3. Traders
            Tealeaf assembler
            Dry tea traders
    5.4. Domestic wholesale and retailers
    5.5. Exporters

6. PROFITS AND MARGINS

    6.1. Cost and Profit of actors in tea value chain
            Cost and Profit of tealeaf producer
            Cost and Profit of Private processing companies
            Cost and Profit of dry tea traders
            Cost and Profit of Wholesale
            Cost and Profit of Retailer
            Cost and Profit of Exporters
 

  6.2. Marketing margins and profit in the tea value chain
           Relative financial position of actors in value chain

7. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS