Cambodia to export organic rice to Germany
CAMBODIA: Cambodia will start exporting organic jasmine rice to
Germany at the beginning of next year, following an agreement originally
made in 2007, local media reported on Monday, citing the Cambodian
Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC).
Lang Seng Haung, CEDAC’s enterprise manager, was quoted by the Phnom
Penh Post as saying that Cambodia would ship 100 tonnes of the rice to
Germany in January as part of a three-year export agreement totaling 450
tonnes at the price of 1,400 U.S. dollars a tonne.
“We will increase our supply of this kind of rice to Germany in the
coming years, which will afford Cambodian farmers an opportunity,” he
said, referring to the agreement, which will see 150 tonnes exported in
2011 and a further 200 tonnes during the following year to conclude the
current deal.
In 2007, CEDAC, representing 8,000 organic rice growers in seven
provinces, signed the trade agreement with German-based company Richers.
Lang Heng Haung said he anticipated that the United States would
agree with further export orders of organic jasmine rice.
Those orders would likely reach “at least 150 tonnes” in total over
next year, he said.
So far this year CEDAC members have exported about 75 tonnes of
organic rice, 60 tonnes of which went to the U.S. and 15 tonnes to
Malaysia.
Phnom Penh, Monday, - Xinhua |