A Hoa Sua organic rice product (Soruce: internet)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’sorganic rice products have been sold for high prices in various foreign markets,including the US.
The products are shipped to the US atprices between 2,000-3,000 USD per tonne, much higher than the price of normalrice at 400 USD per tonne. However, supply is yet to meet market demand.
Following the shipment of Hoa Sua-brandedrice to the UK by Ca Mau-based Vien Phu JSC, the Ecotiger Company has recentlybegun to export its Ecorice-branded products to Canada, the US and the EU.
The Ecotiger Company has worked with farmersin Co Chien island in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh to ensure thattheir rice is grown in accordance with organic standards required by the exportmarkets.
The farmers use rice-shrimp productionmodels, with waste from shrimp farming fertilising rice fields. Water fromshrimp ponds also helps protect rice from diseases.
In May 2016, Ecorice products wascertified by the US, the EU and Japan.-VNA
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