The situation of Vietnam's cassava exports to Australia

Australia mainly imports fresh cassava, cassava chips and cassava starch types. Fresh cassava is licensed importers in the Community countries of the South Pacific region.
Cassava and cassava starch imported into Australia for use as human food and animal feed. Fresh cassava and cassava to feed people rather limited due to a number of Australian research report recommends more toxic cassava, less energy, and particularly advises against feeding children.

Imports of cassava and cassava very small, an average of the last 5 years, each year Australia imports of 1.6 million Australian dollars of fresh cassava and cassava chips of all kinds, and imports of 7.9 million Australian dollars fine tapioca. The growth for this commodity is less volatile. Table import statistics of Australia in the last 5 years are as follows:

Currency: AUD

The table below reflects the situation of export of cassava and cassava from Vietnam to Australia in the last 5 years and the share of Vietnam.

Vietnam mainly exports to Australia dry cassava and cassava, frozen, with a market share slightly increased from 20% in 2010 and 2011 to 28% in 2012 and 26.49% in 2013. However, exports very little because Australia's consumer demand is not large. In the first 10 months of 2014, Vietnam exported to Australia A $ 399,000, accounting for 30% market share. The remaining market share mainly from Thailand. Thailand's top exporter of cassava in the world. In recent times, the Thai government does not carry out interventions on the market so businesses cassava Thailand has pushed the market a large cassava cheaply than other countries.

Compared with the fresh cassava and cassava chips of all kinds, the demand for imports of Australian starch higher than, the average import nearly 8 million Australian dollars / year. However, Vietnam's market share is too small only about 0.01 to 0.02%, and the dollar fell sharply from 80,000 in 2010 to 11,000 Australian dollars in 2013 Australia and 10 May 2014, Vietnam only 29,000 Australian dollars export cassava to the market.

Currency: AUD

Based on statistics, there may not assert Australian import market for cassava and cassava starch potential of Vietnam. However, we still can increase cassava exports to this market if the enterprise meets the strict standards of food safety in Australia.