Cambodia to Export Organic Rice to Germany

2009-10-05

(Post by CAAI News Media)

Cambodia will start exporting organic jasmine rice to Germany at the beginning of next year, following an agreement originally made in 2007, local media reported on Monday, citing the Cambodian Centre for Study and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC).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.

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