For over ten years, Sa Giang prawn cracker products made by Sa Giang Import-Export Joint-Stock Company (Sagimexco) have been known as a specialty of the southern province of Dong Thap Province which are not only sold in the domestic market, but also exported to many foreign countries around the world.
Sa Giang prawn crackers have been famous in South Vietnam since 1960. The traditional product is made of ground shrimp, sometimes mixed with cuttlefish, arrowroot flour, tapioca flour, onion, garlic, sugar, fish sauce, cracked black pepper and salt. The ingredients are mixed well and then stuffed into long tube-shaped bags which are steamed and sliced into thin rounds before being fried. At present, all the stages of making prawn crackers are made by modern machines that help maintain nutrition and ensure food safety and hygiene.
A production workshop in Sagimexco.
The ingredients are mixed well and then stuffed into long tube-shaped bags
which are steamed and sliced into thin rounds before being fried.
Dried Sa Giang prawn crackers
Sorting prawn crackers.
Packing Sa Giang prawn crackers.
Producing noodles in Sagimexco.
Weighing noodles.
Sa Giang prawn cracker are packed for export.
To meet the ever increasing demand of customers, the company invested in building facilities and machines to improve the production capacity. In 2002, the company bought an automatic production line worth over two billion dong to increase the quality of products and reduce costs. The company built a laboratory to promote research and production.
At present, Sagimexco has two prawn cracker producing factories with a total capacity of 800 tonnes/year. The company annually exports more than 700 tonnes of prawn crackers, accounting for nearly 70% of the total productivity. The company provides stable jobs for nearly 500 workers with an income of 4.5 million dong/month.
Pham Huu Qua, CEO and General Director of Sagimexco said: “Despite difficulties caused by the current economic crisis, the company still maintains its production and export. Besides meeting the demand of customers in the traditional markets, the company now focuses on looking for and approaching new markets to increase its export products.”
At present, Sagimexco has two prawn cracker producing factories with a total capacity of 800 tonnes/year. The company annually exports more than 700 tonnes of prawn crackers, accounting for nearly 70% of the total productivity. The company provides stable jobs for nearly 500 workers with an income of 4.5 million dong/month.
Pham Huu Qua, CEO and General Director of Sagimexco said: “Despite difficulties caused by the current economic crisis, the company still maintains its production and export. Besides meeting the demand of customers in the traditional markets, the company now focuses on looking for and approaching new markets to increase its export products.”
Pham Huu Qua, CEO of Sa Giang Import-Export Joint-Stock Company.
The products of Sagimexco are in high demand in markets.
Dried rice vermicelli product of Sagimexco.
A kind of Sa Giang prawn cracker.
A special prawn cracker product of Sa Giang.
Sa Giang prawn cracker product.
Sagimexco is ranked on the list of the 18 first Vietnamese enterprises granted the EU code. It is also a vanguard food processing unit in the Cuu Long River Delta that has successfully applied a quality management programme based on HACCP standards, meeting strict requirements of EU markets. The product of Sagimexo also achieved HALAL, one of the important certifications that enable products to be exported to countries where Islam is the majority religion.
Besides traditional prawn crackers, the company also makes various kinds of new products, such as crab crackers, cuttlefish crackers, seafood crackers, fish crackers, high energy prawn crackers and vegetable crackers in various tastes, shapes, sizes, colors and packages to meet the different tastes of customers.
Thanks to sound policies on marketing and sales, the company has affirmed its position in both domestic and foreign markets. It also gives out concrete measures, suitable to each market to increase the market share. It has now a distribution network nationwide through big supermarkets like Coop mart, Big C, Vinatex, Citimart, Maximart, Sai Gon, Metro and a chain of shops of Vissan. Furthermore, the company’s products are also exported to more than 20 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. In its development strategy, it will do utmost to expand to new markets, such as the US, Malaysia, India, South Africa, China and Luxembourg.
Besides traditional prawn crackers, the company also makes various kinds of new products, such as crab crackers, cuttlefish crackers, seafood crackers, fish crackers, high energy prawn crackers and vegetable crackers in various tastes, shapes, sizes, colors and packages to meet the different tastes of customers.
Thanks to sound policies on marketing and sales, the company has affirmed its position in both domestic and foreign markets. It also gives out concrete measures, suitable to each market to increase the market share. It has now a distribution network nationwide through big supermarkets like Coop mart, Big C, Vinatex, Citimart, Maximart, Sai Gon, Metro and a chain of shops of Vissan. Furthermore, the company’s products are also exported to more than 20 countries, including the UK, France, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. In its development strategy, it will do utmost to expand to new markets, such as the US, Malaysia, India, South Africa, China and Luxembourg.
Story: Nguyen Oanh - Photo: Le Minh
