Nine coconut growing areas in Tra Vinh qualified to export to China

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has nine coconut growing areas with a total area of over 1,240 hectares and two packaging facilities that have qualified to export fresh coconuts to China, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Coconut farming area in Chau Thanh district of Tra Vinh province. (Photo: VNA)
Coconut farming area in Chau Thanh district of Tra Vinh province. (Photo: VNA)

Tra Vinh (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has nine coconut growing areas with a total area of over 1,240 hectares and two packaging facilities that have qualified to export fresh coconuts to China, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The farming areas granted export codes by China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) are in Thong Hoa, Tam Nga communes of Cau Ke district, Huyen Hoi, Van Hung and Dai Phuoc communes of Cang Long district, and Nguyet Hoa and Luong Hoa communes in Chau Thanh district.

Meanwhile, the two qualified packaging facilities are the Zaria Xanh Joint Stock Company in Phong Phu commune, Cau Ke district and the branch of Ecotech Vietnam Renewables Energy Joint Stock Company in Nguyet Hoa commune, Chau Thanh district.

Tra Vinh is the second-largest coconut growing province in the country with nearly 27,400 hectares, with seven million trees managed by around 90,000 households. It produces around 444 million coconuts per year.

Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Truong Giang said that Tra Vinh has proposed the Department of Plant Protection under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to negotiate with the Chinese side on the grant of export codes to eight additional coconut farming areas in Long Thoi commune, Tieu Can district, which cover more than 450 hectares./.

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