{"id":11124,"date":"2026-06-01T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.target-agriculture.com\/?p=11124"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T09:59:16","slug":"target-agriculture-vietnams-certified-organic-cashew-exporter-since-1994","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.target-agriculture.com\/de\/target-agriculture-vietnams-certified-organic-cashew-exporter-since-1994\/","title":{"rendered":"Target Agriculture: Vietnam’s Certified Organic Cashew Exporter Since 1994"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finding a certified organic cashew exporter in Vietnam is easy. Finding one with 30 years of verified track record, Fairtrade certification, and a supply chain spanning four countries is not. That is Target Agriculture.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where It Started<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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In 1994, Dr. Thomas Gerbracht<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 a successful German entrepreneur \u2014 visited Sri Lanka and came back with more than photographs. He came back with a decision: to sell his business interests in Germany and build something rooted in the soil of a country he had only just discovered.<\/p>\n

What he built was not a trading company. From the very beginning, it was an organic farming operation<\/strong> \u2014 cultivating fruits and coconuts on a plantation in the south of Sri Lanka, working directly with local farming communities, and connecting them to international buyers who valued knowing exactly where their food came from.<\/p>\n

That was over thirty years ago. The philosophy has not changed. The scale has.<\/p>\n

From One Plantation to Four Countries<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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What began as a family project in Sri Lanka has grown into Target Agriculture Group<\/strong> \u2014 a multinational organic food business operating across Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia<\/strong>, with commercial representation in Germany.<\/p>\n

Across these four countries, Target Agriculture has built distinct organic supply chains tailored to each region’s strengths:<\/p>\n

– Sri Lanka:<\/strong> Organic coconut products, tropical fruits, spices, and fruit juices \u2014 the original heartland of the business, with over three decades of certified organic farming experience<\/p>\n

– Thailand:<\/strong> Organic tropical fruits, frozen fruit, and fruit juice operations, ranked among the top three organic produce exporters from Thailand in 2019<\/p>\n

– Vietnam:<\/strong> Certified organic cashew nuts \u2014 from owned orchards in Binh Phuoc to two dedicated processing factories and a retail-ready OEM packaging line<\/p>\n

– Indonesia:<\/strong> Organic coconut sugar, coconut nectar, and coconut-derived products \u2014 EU Organic and Naturland certified since 2021 and 2022 respectively<\/p>\n

Together, the group offers buyers more than 200 certified organic products<\/strong>, exported to customers across Europe, the United States, Asia, and Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Target Agriculture in Vietnam: A Timeline Built on Cashews<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Target Agriculture entered Vietnam in 2011<\/strong> with a clear focus: Binh Phuoc province<\/strong>, the heartland of Vietnamese cashew cultivation, and the region best positioned to produce organic cashew kernels at export scale.<\/p>\n

The milestones since then reflect disciplined, consistent growth:<\/p>\n

– 2012:<\/strong> First certified organic cashew kernels exported from Vietnam to the United States<\/p>\n

– 2017:<\/strong> Vietnam’s first dedicated organic cashew processing factory commissioned<\/p>\n

– 2020:<\/strong> Second organic cashew factory operational<\/p>\n

– 2022:<\/strong> Vietnam total exports reach 300 containers per year<\/strong><\/p>\n

– 2025:<\/strong> Monthly export volume reaches 350 tonnes of certified organic cashews<\/strong><\/p>\n

Today, Target Agriculture Vietnam supplies buyers across Europe, the United States, China, Japan, and Australia \u2014 in bulk kernel formats and through Tamkira<\/strong>, the company’s dedicated OEM small-pack packaging facility for retail-ready private-label products.<\/p>\n

What Sets Target Agriculture Apart From Other Organic Cashew Exporters<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Vietnam has a well-developed cashew export industry. What distinguishes Target Agriculture within it is not a single credential \u2014 it is the combination.<\/p>\n

Over 30 Years of Organic Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Target Agriculture has been certified organic since 1995<\/strong> \u2014 one year after founding. That is over three decades of uninterrupted certified organic operations, audited annually, across multiple countries and product categories. For buyers assessing long-term supply reliability, this track record matters more than any single shipment.<\/p>\n

A Certification Stack Built for Demanding Markets<\/strong><\/p>\n

The full certification profile<\/a> covers every standard required to access the world’s most regulated markets:<\/p>\n

– Organic<\/strong>:<\/em> EU Organic \u00b7 USDA-NOP \u00b7 JAS \u00b7 Bio Suisse \u00b7 Naturland<\/p>\n

– Food Safety<\/strong>:<\/em> BRC \u00b7 FSSC 22000 \u00b7 FDA \u00b7 ISO 22000 \u00b7 IFS<\/p>\n

– Ethics & Compliance:<\/em> Fairtrade \u00b7 SMETA (Sedex) \u00b7 Halal \u00b7 Kosher<\/p>\n

Naturland<\/strong> certification is particularly significant \u2014 it applies stricter criteria than standard EU Organic, covering social and environmental dimensions that most certifications do not. Combined with Fairtrade<\/strong>, it positions Target Agriculture among a very small group of exporters whose ethical credentials can be independently verified at every level of the supply chain.<\/p>\n

Vertically Integrated in Vietnam<\/strong> Target Agriculture Vietnam is not a broker or trading house. The supply chain runs from certified organic cashew orchards in Binh Phuoc, through in-house shelling, grading, roasting, and packaging operations, to export-ready product \u2014 with full lot-by-lot traceability at every stage.<\/p>\n

Fairtrade: The Commercial Mechanism Behind the Commitment<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

Fairtrade certification is not an abstract value at Target Agriculture. It is a practical mechanism that converts every buyer’s purchasing decision into a direct investment in farming communities.<\/p>\n

A percentage of every Fairtrade-certified sale flows into a Fairtrade Premium fund<\/strong> controlled entirely by the farming cooperative. In Vietnam, those funds have been used to build homes for ethnic minority farming families in Dong Nai Province, fund organic farming training programs, and support intercropping initiatives that generate income for farmers beyond the cashew harvest season.<\/p>\n

This is the model Dr. Gerbracht designed from the beginning \u2014 and it remains the foundation of how Target Agriculture operates today.<\/p>\n


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