Vietnam expects to become world's top animal food exporter

Vietnam has the potential to become the world's leading exporter of cattle feed in the near future, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said.

This year, for the first time, animal feed has been listed as a leading export item by the customs department, which said that by the middle of last month exports had been worth nearly 230 million USD.

The exports went to 13 countries, mostly in Asia, the ministry said.

China was the largest market with imports of more than 62 million USD, followed by Cambodia (nearly 46 million USD), Malaysia (26 million USD), Japan (20 million USD), the Republic of Korea (10 million USD), and India (9 million USD), the customs agency said.

The US bought nearly 800,000 USD worth, it said.

Many Vietnamese exporters have regular orders from key export markets, it added.

Ho Sau, director of Viet Nong Lam Ltd Company, said his company produces cattle feed from sweet corn and other materials for export to the Republic of Korea and Japan.

Its products are well accepted in the two markets and it gets orders for thousands of tonnes from them every month, he said.

Cambodia is seen as a potential importer, the ministry said.

(Source: VNA)