A farmer harvests sugarcane (Photo: VNA) Hoa Binh (VNA) – A ceremony was held inthe northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on August 25 to ship a batch of17.3 tonnes of fresh sugarcane to the US.
The event was co-hosted by TienNgan Trading and Investment Co. Ltd and the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development.
Director of the provincial Department of QualityControl of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Nguyen Huu Tai said sugarcane is a crop with great exportpotential and well-suited to the local climate and soil conditions, so itcould be grown more to generate high economic efficiency.
Nguyen Le Diep, Director of the Tien NganTrading and Investment Co. Ltd, said the company plans to ship 300-500 tonnesof sugarcane to the Republic of Korea, the UK and the EU this year.
According to the provincial Department ofAgriculture and Rural Development, local sugarcane has not only been present invarious regions nationwide but has also found its way into foreign markets.Starting with just a 120-kg sample batch of purple sugarcane exported to Japan, itsexport volume has rapidly increased over the years, reaching 5.7 tonnes in2020, 74 tonnes in 2021 and 300 tonnes in 2022.
The first batch of 20 tonnes of sugarcane wasexported to the US on March 19./.
