Vietnam exported over three million tons of cassava in the first 11 months this year, 3.5 times higher than the figure of the same period last year, said a report of the General Department of Vietnam Customs on Tuesday.
The export volume of cassava, which has become one of key agricultural export items of Vietnam, presented turnover of 520 million U.S. dollars, up
55.6 percent year-on-year, said the report.
The increase in both export volume and value was due to the increasing demand from foreign markets as cassava can be used to process animal feed and produce ethanol-blended petrol.
During this period, China was the biggest importer of Vietnamese cassava. China imported 2.77 million tons of Vietnamese cassava, accounting
for about 90 percent of Vietnamese export cassava volume.
The other big importers of Vietnamese cassava included the Republic of Korea and the Philippines.