1) The document introduces Marou chocolate, a Vietnamese chocolate company that has launched its first cocoa workshop in Ho Chi Minh City. It has begun exporting chocolate but currently produces 3 tons per year.
2) It provides an overview of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which aims to eliminate tariffs and barriers between 11 Asia-Pacific nations through international trade rules.
3) Marou's competitors in Japan, Meiji and Hershey, are discussed. Meiji has a lower price while Hershey has successfully exported American chocolate brands to Japan for years.
3. 1. Introduce to Marou
- Marou chocolate has launched its first cocoa workshop in Ho Chi
Minh city, Maison Marou, promising to be an undisputed
destination
-By the end of 2014, Marou had made up to 3 tons of chocolates
and was mostly used for export
4. - Marou now works closely with farmers who are passionate about
cacao, whose hard work is making Vietnam one of the most exciting
new producers of cacao in the world
- Marou spent the first years looking for rural areas in Vietnam to
grow good cocoa
5. 2. Overview about TPP
- The TPP is an acronym for the Trans-Pacific Strategic
Economic Partnership Agreement, a free trade agreement
between the 11 nations that aims to integrate the Asia- Pacific
- The main objective of the TPP :
To eliminate tariffs and barriers
Establish high standards
6. - TPP will set out international rules:
Investment policy
Protection of intellectual property rights,
Control of state-owned companies
Quality of work and labor
8. 1. Meiji
Meiji Corporation the largest producing chocolate
companies in Japan, accounting for 24.7% marker share in
Japan.
Occupies 23.8% of the domestic market.
Milk chocolate products sold in supermarkets cost
2,200 yen/ kilogram (approximately 460.000 VND/kg),
the cost of MAROU (at least 1 million VND/kg) =>
Meiji is much cheaper.
Increasing by 7% in 2015 to 405 billion yen ($ 3.7
billion)
Chocolate products in 2015 : 7 billion yen
9. 2. Hershey
The Hershey Company is one of the world's largest chocolate
producers about technologically advanced
10. They export their products to more than 80 famous
brands, such as:
Reese Hershey's Kisses
Hershey's Bliss
11. Hershey is the most exported Americas chocolate to Japan since
2012, accounting for 7,5% Japanese domestic chocolate market.
The export volume in 2015 : about 5.5 thousand tons
in 2016 : up from about 4.3 thousand tons
In Japanese market, Hershey is favored for making various
successful products such as adding almonds or mints to their
chocolate bars
That is a disadvantage for Marou chocolate.
13. 1. Oppotunities
1.1 Opportunities of Marou when Vietnam is in TPP:
A great opportunity for Marou to bring its products to
potential markets .
Marou chocolate products enter the TPP market
without much cost to advertise the brand.
Export products are entitled to a reduction of the tax
rate. Be promoted, enhanced competitiveness &
improved quality and service.
14. 1.2 Opportunities of Marou in Japan
- Japan is one of the potential markets of Marou to develop
the brand in the future
The chocolate market is moving from European countries, the United
States to Asian countries. The chocolate market in some countries is
experiencing a record increase such as India 20% / year, China 30% / year,
especially Japan 35% / year ... And certainly this number will increase in
the long term. (to Euromonitor International)
15. In Japan, retail sales of chocolate in 2016 rose 7% ($
1.7 billion), even as the country's population
continues to decline, according to Euromonitor.
Retail sales of chocolate in Japan from
2010 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
16. - Japan is a TPP country so Marou will enjoy the
benefits that TPP brings.
- Marou has the advantage over other Japanese
companies that they have cocoa in their own home,
not imported because the supply is available.
+ All ingredients that make up Marou chocolate are
made from cocoa beans grown in Vietnam
17. 2. Challenges
2.1 Marou's challenges when Vietnam is in the TPP
Marou's biggest challenge was the financial problem to
professionalism and expansion of production.
Demand for chocolate not only in domestic but also abroad is
growing.
Marou needed more time, effort, and labor to balance
quality and quantity.
18. 2.2 Marou's challenge to export to Japan
- Marou faces big competitors in the Japanese market that
are so popular with consumers in Japan and around the
world. For example, Meiji (Japan), Richart (France) ...
-The cost of selling a Marou chocolate bar is much more
expensive than the normal chocolate of Japan.
20. 1. Domestic market
Marou should focus on promoting the product to the
domestic market
Marou needs to launch sweet products such as milk
chocolate, cashew candy to meet the needs of more
customers.
Marou can open chocolate shops in big cities: chocolate,
chocolate flavour drinks and cakes
21. 2. Abroad market
They can completely launch new black chocolate products
from cacao beans originating from other provinces in
Vietnam.
Introduce the type of chocolate that is shaped as a traditional
item of Vietnam.