Exports of cassava for 2 months in 2014 fell sharply

The volume of exports of day in February is estimated at 343 thousand tons with a value of USD 102 million, bringing the total export volume of 2 months to 652 thousand tons with a value of $ 206 million, down 32.7% in volume volume and 30.6% in value over the same period of 2013. In January, exports of cassava and cassava products to most major markets fell sharply, except for the Japanese market increased up 30 in volume and 45% in value. Last year (2013), export of cassava and cassava products in Vietnam reached 3.1 million tons with a turnover of $ 1.1 billion, down 25.7% in volume and 18.6% of turnover compared with 2012, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. Vietnam's cassava yield currently stands at about 17.6 tonnes / ha, the 10th highest among the countries with high productivity. The statistics also showed that cassava growing area of the country is 560 thousand hectares, with a total output of nearly 9.4 million tonnes. Of these, 30% yield obtained serve domestic consumer demand for food, feed and processing, pharmaceutical industry, as feedstock biodiesel production, industrial alcohol, while 70% are exported in the form of starch or cassava.
By the end of 2013, Vietnam has 6 factories biofuels using cassava as raw material in operation, nearly 100 processing plants and hundreds of cassava starch processing facilities crafts. Exports of cassava and cassava products of Vietnam the world's second largest in 2013, after Thailand, and has been present in countries in the region such as China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Myanmar , Japan.
Currently, China's import market for cassava and cassava products from Vietnam's largest (representing 85.6%). However, export of cassava and cassava products into the Chinese market in 2013 was only 946.4 million, down 19.8% compared with 2012, due to the Ethanol factory in town had closed near 70%.