Ranked third in the world in silk exports, Vietnam aims to earn 150 million USD/year by 2025.

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Published Feb 22, 2024

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Vietnam's mulberry industry, ranking third globally in silk output, is facing challenges due to lack of planning, small-scale production, and weather dependency. The industry aims to reach a mulberry area of 13,210 hectares and a silk output of about 2,000 tons per year by 2022. However, growth requires importing silkworm eggs from China, mechanizing production, and applying technical advances. Lam Dong province, a significant contributor to the industry, has proposed working with Chinese authorities to facilitate silkworm egg imports and find other suppliers to reduce dependency on China. The ultimate goal is to increase the mulberry area to 15,000 hectares and export value to 150 million USD per year by 2025.

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The above information was given by State management agencies, experts and businesses at the Workshop: "Building raw material areas and developing trade in the mulberry industry", on the afternoon of November 11, by the Promotion Center. National Agriculture Department (KNQG) coordinated with Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to organize. According to the National Agricultural Extension Center, the whole country has nearly 40,000 farmer households engaged in mulberry farming and silkworm farming, the mulberry area will reach 13,210 hectares by 2022, cocoon output will reach 16,824 tons/year, and silk output will reach about 2,000 tons. /year. Vietnam is ranked third in the world in silk output, just behind China and India, with export value in 2022 reaching 70 million USD/year. However, according to Mr. Nguyen Doan Hung, Head of the Horticulture and Forestry Extension Department (KNQG Center), Vietnam's mulberry industry is facing many obstacles in both ...

Source: Danviet