PHNOM PENH, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia had
exported 226,000 tons of fresh and dry cassava in the first half of
2014, a decrease of 20 percent over the same period last year, said the
figures provided by the Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.
However,
the country saw a 20-percent increase in revenue from 15 million U.S.
dollars during the January-June period last year to 18 million dollars
at the same period this year.
Som Yen, director
of Banteay Meanchey province-based cassava broker Malai Trading Company,
said the decline in the quantity of cassava, or tapioca, was due to
flood devastation last year.
"But the price of
cassava this year is good," he told Xinhua, adding that a ton of dry
cassava was purchased from farmers at the price of 188 U.S. dollars on
Thursday, up 11 percent compared with about 169 U.S. dollars at this
time last year.
"This year, a lot of farmers have flocked to grow cassava as profit margins on the crop continue to rise," he said.
Cassava,
used to produce animal feed and ethanol, has been exported to Thailand,
Vietnam, South Korea and China. Usually, farmers plant it in March or
April and harvest it from November to February.
According
to data issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, cassava growing covered
421,000 hectares last year, yielding some 8.42 million tons of freshly
harvested cassava.
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