Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia is exporting thefirst batch of fresh mangos to China this week after receiving a licence for exporting fruit to this giant market,announced the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).
Cambodian Minister of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries VengSakhon said fresh mangos will be shipped to China via Vietnam.
As of the late November,four Cambodian companies were ready for the export while seven others arecompleting product packaging chains.
Mangos are being grown on over 100,000ha of agricultural land in Cambodia,mostly in Kampong Speu, Kampot, Battambang andBanteay Meanchey provinces with an average output of nearly 1.5 million tonnesper year.
In June, the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia announced thatChinese officials and the MAFF discussed an agreement allowing Cambodia to ship500,000 tonnes of mangos to China annually.
According to the MAFF, Cambodia exportednearly 44,000 tonnes of fresh mangos from January-June, up 50.95 percentannually. Last year, Cambodia shipped over 58,100 tonnes of fresh mangos toThailand, Vietnam, Singapore, France and Russia./.
