ຢາງຫອມຍານລາວ / Lao Benzoin

# Opportunities:
1) EU market consume high quantity of benzoin gum
2) Sustainable price and have intention to be augmented
3) Benzoin gum production has connection with upland rice production, it would be sustainable if the rotation was up to 15 years
4) The entrepreneur has contributed to the education in the remote areas
5) Create regime of production (production group) and marketing.

# Challenges:
1) Lack of techniques to support S. tonkinensis maintenance and appropriate tapping
2) There are mixed of other things in benzoin gum
3) Some difficulties on preparing papers for exporting
4) Farmers have other alternatives for their careers
5) Farmers have too many activities (lack of young labor for benzoin gum production)
6) No information on price at remote areas
There are illegal buyers of benzoin gum that make legal entrepreneur loss of their quota quantity. The State also loss income from official tax.