(VOV) – The Mexican government has expressed a desire to purchase Vietnamese paddy rice from An Giang province for further processing in its husking factories.
- Mexico eager to boost ties with Vietnam
- Vietnam’s exports to Mexico surge
- Mexico to import Vietnamese rice
At a meeting with An Giang leaders on March 14, Mariana Rodrigue Alvere, Director of the Mexican Rice Council in the Asia Pacific region, said if Vietnamese paddy rice meets requirements on quality and prices, Mexican businesses will purchase it.
Mai Thi Anh Tuyet, Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, said An Giang is willing to meet all the Mexican requirements and create the best possible conditions for them to develop material zones if necessary.
An Giang will set up a group to monitor prices in order to avoid unhealthy competition among businesses and to ensure benefits to both exporters and importers, Tuyet said.
The group will timely deal with obstacles and facilitate Mexican businesses’ rice purchase.
This is the first foreign partner that wants to purchase Vietnamese paddy rice, Tuyet emphasised.
Mexico is a potential market, opening a huge opportunity for An Giang as it can expand to neighbouring markets in Central and South America and the US.
An Giang annually produces around 4 million tonnes of paddy rice and exports more than 700,000 tonnes of rice to 62 countries in the world, including 22 in Africa, 19 in Asia, 4 in Americas and 2 in the Oceania.
An Giang’s rice specialities, such as Jasmine, can meet the high demand of countries, like Japan.
A foreign business recently developed a 2,000ha material zone to plant, process and export rice to Japan.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
