Firms in the northern province of Hai Duong on January 11 shipped nearly 250 tonnes of carrots to the Republic of Korea (RoK), the first overseas shipment of the vegetable this year.
Another batch of around 375 tonnes is scheduled to be sent to the RoK on January 12.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ameii Vietnam company Nguyen Khac Tien said this year, the RoK bought Vietnamese carrots at high prices. His company has reached deals with Korean partners to export roughly 5,000 tonnes this year.
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Processing carrots for export in Cam Giang District, Hai Duong Province.
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According to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the province has about 1,500ha of carrot during the 2021-2022 winter crop with an estimated output of approximately 65,000 tonnes, up over 7 percent from 2020. Its prices are now 4,000 – 5,000 VND per kg higher than that last year.
The province’s 2020-2021 winter crop value reached 4.55 trillion VND (197.8 million USD), up 397 billion VND year-on-year. About 80 percent of carrot output were exported.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Quan said Hai Duong targets expanding markets for farm produce and carrots in particular via boosting production up to international standards, improving post-harvest processing and production connectivity to raise farm produce’s value. At the same time, the province will step up brand building and trade promotion at home and abroad.
Bac Giang opens markets to consume orange, pomelo and key farm produce
(BGO) – The People’s
Committee in Bac Giang province (PPC) on November 11 chaired and cooperated
with the Ministries of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Agriculture and Rural
Development (MARD) to launch teleconference about consumption of orange,
pomelo, local key and signature farm produce with ten bridge points in Bac Giang and major one in Luc Ngan
district. It was live on Bac Giang Television chanel.
Vietnamese firms seek to promote farm produce export to Russia, EAEU
A workshop discussing opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to increase export of agricultural and aquatic products to Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) was held by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), the Vietnam Trade Office in Russia and the Russian trade representative office in Vietnam, on November 2 in Hanoi.
Bac Giang: Farm produce assisted to sold on e-commerce platforms
(BGO) – The Department of Agriculture
and Rural Development (DARD) has joined hand with the Department of Industry
and Trade, ViettelPost and provincial Post Office in Bac Giang province to
support farming households, individual business family, cooperatives and working
groups to register at two e-commerce platforms Voso.vn and Postmart.vn.
Source: NDO/VNA
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