PHNOM PENH, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has seen a sharp rise in cassava exports in the first half of this year, compared with the same period last year, according to the statistics from the Commerce Ministry’s Camcontrol Department, which is the government’s Import-Export Inspection Agent, on Tuesday.
The data showed that from January to June this year, the country had exported 212,018 tons of fresh and dry chip cassava, represented 87 percent rise from 113,068 tons in the same period last year.
The country earned the total revenues of 8.7 million U.S. dollars during the six months of this year, up 200 percent from only 2.9 million U.S. dollars at the same period last year, showed the data.
Te Haing, president of Chak Puok Cambodia, which brokers cassava for factories in Thailand and Vietnam, said that a ton of dry chip of cassava costs around 210 U.S. dollars and the fresh one costs around 85 U.S. dollars.
According to the report from the ministry of agriculture, the country grew 194,000 hectares of cassava crop and yielded 3.78 million tons in 2010-2011 harvest season.
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