Vietnam sees chance to export 20,000 tonnes of rice to Egypt (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese enterprises see a chance to export 20,000tonnes of rice to Egypt, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’sImport-Export Department.
The department said that it had a received a tender notice from theEgyptian Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade.
Under the tender notice, the type of rice required is short- andmedium-grain white rice, which was harvested in the last crop of 2018 and meetsEgypt’s requirements.
The volume of rice will be shipped to Egypt in two phases, from June1-15 and from June 16-30.
The Import-Export Department said that this is a big opportunity forVietnamese enterprises to boost rice export to this potential market.
The department advised the businesses to pay attention to the quality ofrice so that to secure long-term customers.
In late 2018, Egypt agreed to import 1 million tonnes of white rice fromVietnam in the next three to four months after it reduced some the area for thecultivation of the grain due to a lack of water.-VNA
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