Tapioca market : supply does not meet demand
In some areas such as the Yen Bai material , or some central provinces , fresh cassava price also soared . About 1 month ago , the price of fresh cassava approximately 800 thousand VND / ton , the current has risen above 1 million / ton . There are many places worth nearly 1.2-1.3 million / tons of cassava that is becoming very effective for hill lands , steep , difficult terrain for the cultivation of other crops .
The cause of the " hot sauce " This is due to the Chinese market and strong sales of starch products in Vietnam. According to some manufacturers , the 2nd reason is because this year's harvest returns should be delayed 1 month . Some places like Van Yen - Yen Bai has not rained 3 months now so dry land , it is difficult to harvest . If it rains , the soft earth , a day to remember the 3-4 kg of cassava , the spit is now only 2 kg . Not to mention the hard dry soil , root fractures to spit anywhere using hoes to dig it , so very slow harvest also causes lack of fresh cassava .
Although cassava is crowned , manufacturers and cassava starch are beneficial but erratic fluctuations of this item is very difficult to predict . In late 2008 - early 2009 , thousands of tons of starch piled in Lang Son border gate due to congestion when exporting to the Chinese market . 2008 crop , cassava market also witnessed a somber atmosphere when the price of fresh cassava is only about 400-450 VND / kg but remained unsold . Some of the materials to thousands of hectares of cassava farmers harvest but due to neglect on the hill is not enough money selling the care and handling .
Currently, the nation has formed many areas across cassava planting material from the North ( Yen Bai , Phu Tho ) to Central ( Nghe An , Binh Dinh ) and extends to many central provinces - Central Highlands . Some businesses have invested in both Laos to expand the raw material for the starch processing industry . However, the company businesses like Agriculture and Food shares Quang Ngai ( APFCO ) found starch export market to Europe is very rare . The majority of businesses still rely on the Chinese market and is the main risks incurred by the erratic because of this market . According to customs statistics of Chi Ma gate , about 300-500 tons per day cassava exported to China and 90 % cassava starch production in Vietnam is exported to China .
Currently there are over 500,000 ha of cassava with over 8 million tonnes of output . Nationwide there are 60 processing plants starch industrial scale with a total processing capacity of more than half a million tons per year of cassava starch . Up until the end of 11/ 2009 there were about 3 million tons of cassava starch has been exported with a total value of nearly $ 500 million . 2009 while export more goods and slow decline in value, the throne starch exports grew at more than 4 times the production and turnover increased by 3 times . The main export market is China, accounting for over 90% of turnover . Followed by South Korea 5.5 %, Taiwan 2 %, Europe ( 1.7 % ) and a very small part of Japan started to be ...
China currently imports about 6 million tonnes of cassava per year and is the third largest ethanol producer in the world , after the U.S. and Brazil . Many Chinese localities have mandated the use of ethanol - blended gasoline in cars . In particular , Guangxi , where 70% of cassava production in China with 7 million tons / year . Therefore, China 's market for cassava and cassava starch strongly .
