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markets. Less than 5% of the fresh product is consumed through supermarkets in
Vietnam. About 80 to 90% of the fresh product is consumed by individual households who source mushrooms from local wet markets and supermarkets. The
remaining 10% to 20% of RSM are consumed by institutional buyers (including
staff and student canteens) and in restaurants. Institutional mushroom consumers
buy the fresh product from both wholesalers and retailers.
11.3.1.1 Distributors
These actors include mushroom collectors and transporters, wholesalers, and retailers. RSM distributed to HCMC and some nearby markets are collected by collectors
or transporters at farms of the growers or at the CTC assembly market.
11.3.1.2 Collectors and Transporters
These actors buy fresh mushroom from the production sites of mushroom growers
or at the assembly market; they then deliver the product to preprocessors. The raw
and fresh RSM includes cleaned and boiled products.
11.3.1.3 Pre-processors
The main roles of these actors are to classify the RSM (if they buy fresh from the
growers) and then boil and salt or brine it. They deliver salted RSM at different sizes
or grades, depending on the processors’ requirements. There are reportedly six preprocessors in CTC and more than 10 in Dong Thap Province. Pre-processors invest
in equipment and materials and buy the mushroom fresh, especially when the
price is low.
11.3.1.4 Processors
There are two main processing companies in the MRD including Tu Thao Ltd.,
located in Soc Trang Province, and Quoc Thao Ltd. located in Vinh Long province.
Their processed-RSM products are mainly exported to Asia, United States, and
Europe. Products for exporting need to meet the required safety criteria set by the
export markets.
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markets. Less than 5% of the fresh product is consumed through supermarkets in
Vietnam. About 80 to 90% of the fresh product is consumed by individual households who source mushrooms from local wet markets and supermarkets. The
remaining 10% to 20% of RSM are consumed by institutional buyers (including
staff and student canteens) and in restaurants. Institutional mushroom consumers
buy the fresh product from both wholesalers and retailers.
11.3.1.1 Distributors
These actors include mushroom collectors and transporters, wholesalers, and retailers. RSM distributed to HCMC and some nearby markets are collected by collectors
or transporters at farms of the growers or at the CTC assembly market.
11.3.1.2 Collectors and Transporters
These actors buy fresh mushroom from the production sites of mushroom growers
or at the assembly market; they then deliver the product to preprocessors. The raw
and fresh RSM includes cleaned and boiled products.
11.3.1.3 Pre-processors
The main roles of these actors are to classify the RSM (if they buy fresh from the
growers) and then boil and salt or brine it. They deliver salted RSM at different sizes
or grades, depending on the processors’ requirements. There are reportedly six preprocessors in CTC and more than 10 in Dong Thap Province. Pre-processors invest
in equipment and materials and buy the mushroom fresh, especially when the
price is low.
11.3.1.4 Processors
There are two main processing companies in the MRD including Tu Thao Ltd.,
located in Soc Trang Province, and Quoc Thao Ltd. located in Vinh Long province.
Their processed-RSM products are mainly exported to Asia, United States, and
Europe. Products for exporting need to meet the required safety criteria set by the
export markets.
M. Demont et al.