Tran Trong Nghia, US Grains Council's Vietnam Representative; Manuel Sanchez, US Grains Council's Regional Director; Robert Hanson, Agricultural Counselor, US Embassy in Vietnam; Conrad Estrada, Regional Director, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, US Embassy in Vietnam and Thu Pham, Agricultural Specialist, US Embassy in Vietnam, stand behind approximately 10,000 tonnes of the total cargo. (Source:US Embassy in Vietnam)Hanoi (VNA) - The first direct shipment of US corn to Vietnam has arrived inthe country with the assistance of the Quang Ninh Port Joint Stock Companyin the Port of Cai Lan, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)and the United States Grains Council representatives.
Theshipment of 67,000 metric tonnes of corn that arrived from the United StatesPacific Northwest is the first vessel to arrive after USDA and Vietnamese planthealth officials agreed to a new plant health protocol in September in 2017,according to the US Embassy in Vietnam.
The May 3 shipment is also the first of many US shipments of corn and otherfeed ingredients destined for Vietnam, including soybeans, soybean meal anddistiller’s dried grains.
The corn and feedingredients are destined for the rapidly expanding dairy and livestock sectorsof Vietnam.
Vietnam, which produces approximately 30 million metric tons of feed per year, hasemerged as a leading market for US corn and feed ingredients, buying nearly 700million USD of these products from the US annually.
Vietnamese importers presentat the reception of the shipment noted the high quality of the corn and theimportance of strong relationships with US suppliers. The US Grains Councilprovides trade servicing to Vietnamese feed and livestock producers to supportthe export of US grains.-VNA
Theshipment of 67,000 metric tonnes of corn that arrived from the United StatesPacific Northwest is the first vessel to arrive after USDA and Vietnamese planthealth officials agreed to a new plant health protocol in September in 2017,according to the US Embassy in Vietnam.
The May 3 shipment is also the first of many US shipments of corn and otherfeed ingredients destined for Vietnam, including soybeans, soybean meal anddistiller’s dried grains.
The corn and feedingredients are destined for the rapidly expanding dairy and livestock sectorsof Vietnam.
Vietnam, which produces approximately 30 million metric tons of feed per year, hasemerged as a leading market for US corn and feed ingredients, buying nearly 700million USD of these products from the US annually.
Vietnamese importers presentat the reception of the shipment noted the high quality of the corn and theimportance of strong relationships with US suppliers. The US Grains Councilprovides trade servicing to Vietnamese feed and livestock producers to supportthe export of US grains.-VNA
