China accelerated purchasing, the price of a type of Vietnamese starch increased, businesses rushed to pay orders

According to a report by the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), due to increased demand from the Chinese market, the price of cassava starch exported across the border has increased, so many businesses temporarily only return goods to previously signed contracts. . Meanwhile, many large cassava starch factories are back in operation, causing the price of fresh cassava in the Central region and Central Highlands to continue to increase. The purchasing price of fresh cassava in Gia Lai was pushed up to 4,000 VND/kg. Although cassava prices have increased in localities, the cassava leaf mosaic disease is still complicated, threatening many raw material areas. In Quang Nam province, recently, a series of cassava areas in the province were damaged by leaf mosaic disease, many of which were quite seriously infected. In 2023, farmers in the province will produce a total of 5,656 hectares of cassava of all kinds. However, from the beginning of the season until now, ...