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Export cassava leaves to Europe and market expansion problems
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Update:
31/10/2013
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One kg of cassava tubers for sale this year for the plant , but only about 1,200 copper is 1 kg cassava plants are being purchased for $ 3500 . Many agricultural products processing plant in Ho Chi Minh City and Long An provinces are collecting items which are waste products of cultivation . The more surprising than through simple processing , cassava products have export to the capital market in Europe is difficult to use as feed for the African , brought huge profits for the business.
Cassava leaf - source profits
1.6 hectare farmland for planting cassava can produce 50 tons of tubers and leaves about 4 tons . This year , traders have a conditional agreement : purchasing bulbs will be for no leaves . TOPS cassava , cassava leaves are no longer disposed so as every year more that is bound to be careful and move quickly .
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan , a trader in Ben Luc District , Long An cassava leaves were collected over 1 year. Frequency of a thicker every day , from 1 session / week increased to 3 times the amount collected about 70 tons / year .
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan said : " It is also very important . Can I get the potato bread without interest, but the leaves can be offset . Such a trip is several hundred thousand words , even if a half ton or more, to be more than 1 million . "
Cassava leaves are quickly transferred to the plant to ensure freshness . Just very quickly , it is processed and stored in cold storage . The processing nothing complicated , if not simply for the stages of cleaning , grinding and packaging .
New Enterprise East , Ho Chi Minh City has become familiar with this work is more than 2 years with regular orders up to 4 clients in the UK , Germany and the Netherlands . From this year , two new contracts have been signed with the supply of 60 tons , equivalent to 200 tons of cassava leaves .
Mr. Tran Thanh Phu , Tan East Director , said: " This product is used as their traditional food . And as far as exploration and understanding of our market , the products are commonly used . After we export to Europe , customers have the ability to set stable and will expand other customers . "
Expanding export markets cassava easy or difficult ?
To be able to penetrate the European market , businesses need only proof of origin and phytosanitary agency functions . No worries about residues of plant protection products for this product because it can completely assured of the cleanliness of the product . However, cassava leaf is not always possible for food exports .
Exchanging this problem , Tran Thanh Phu adds : " Another company with no experience in the production of these goods have provided high-yield cassava leaves , from which consequences affect us. Clients of the company that discovered the materials are not guaranteed, since this alarming situation , notify our customers suspend imports about half the time . "
Estimated that each year , Tan East to about 1,000 tons of cassava leaves . If orders increase, businesses will face difficulties , because the scope can only be purchased in close radius to ensure freshness , delicious . We have about 10 offers clues for New East cassava and they also have difficulty , because they want to find cassava are cassava resource consumption .
Europe is a market potential of cassava leaf . However, in order to expand the market , there is still a lot of difficulties to be overcome .
