<p>Many enterprises and production facilities have just reopened after a long time being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, so the production and processing situation faced many difficulties, orders decreased compared to the same period last year. last year.</p> <p>* Difficulty due to the Covid-19 epidemic</p> <p>After the impact of the 4th Covid-19 epidemic, the production and trading of items such as: dried fruits, salted roasted cashews, noodles, dried vermicelli ... faced many difficulties and interruptions.</p> <p>Ms. Liu Thi Yen, Sales Manager of Thuan Huong Trading and Production Co., Ltd (Dinh Quan) shared, the company is in the season of preparing goods for the year-end occasion and the upcoming Lunar New Year. Local raw materials basically meet the production needs of the company. However, in recent times, the prices of many spices, oils, etc. have increased, greatly affecting production costs.</p> <p>Similarly, Mr. Trinh Xuan Toan, Director of Trinh Phong Giang Company Limited (Cam My) said that one of the products and fields of production of the company is cashew nut processing. In the past time, due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, the company almost had to suspend the production of processed cashew nuts. Up to now, the company has not reopened the production line of roasted cashew nuts with salt and dried fruit in Dong Nai, but mainly focuses on producing this item at the company's factory in Binh Phuoc province. At the end of the year and the upcoming Lunar New Year, besides exporting, the company tries to maintain the output of processed cashew nuts to supply the domestic market at the same level compared to the same period last year. accounting for about 30% of the factory's production output…</p> <p>Not only production enterprises are affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, but cooperatives and traditional production facilities also face many difficulties after starting to stabilize production again in the new situation.</p> <p>Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Le, Director of Truong Phat Agricultural Service Cooperative (Ho Chi Minh City), said that the complicated disease situation has disrupted production and business activities of the cooperative. In addition, the source of raw materials has also gradually narrowed in recent years, the purchase of fresh lotus seeds has faced many difficulties because the epidemic has caused the price of raw materials to increase, significantly affecting production activities at the end of the year. of the cooperative.</p> <p>* Step by step restore production, find the peak season market</p> <p>Although it is the peak production season at the end of the year, but due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, many businesses and production facilities after returning to operation have not been able to operate at full capacity, the purchasing power of many items has not been stable. Regarding the supply plan, many enterprises and production facilities forecast that the output of products for the upcoming Lunar New Year will be equivalent to or lower than the same period last year.</p> <p>Mr. Vuong Ngoc Hoang, owner of Hoang Hang noodle and noodle production facility (Thong Nhat District), shared that the facility is currently only operating at about 50% of its capacity. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the price of many input materials increased by about 20%, while the establishment had to keep the output selling price to keep consumption. This causes the establishment's Tet holiday production plan to suffer many impacts, mainly "whether the rice picks up with fish sauce" depends on the actual demand of the market... In addition, the number of orders decreased, causing the company to decline. The office must rebalance the number of employees to work appropriately.</p> <p>Mr. Pho Dinh Trung, representative of Cuong Hoa Dried Fruit Facility (Thong Nhat District), said that the facility has been operating normally for more than 2 weeks now, its workers have been vaccinated with 2 doses of vaccine. Covid-19 prevention. The epidemic situation in recent years has had a significant impact on the consumption of dried agricultural products. Preparing for the upcoming Tet holiday, the facility also does not dare to increase capacity, but only expects to ensure the same production level as last year.</p> <p>In addition to gradually stabilizing the production situation, many local enterprises, cooperatives and business establishments also actively plan to seek and expand markets, develop traditional and modern distribution channels, and bring products to the market. on e-commerce platforms to actively output products at the peak of the year-end and the upcoming Tet holiday.</p> <p>Ms. Liu Thi Yen added that the company is trying to balance the costs incurred in order to minimize the increase in finished products' prices, develop a plan to find consumption markets, expand sales channels in high upcoming production site.</p>