Cambodia exports bananas for first time
/ July 25, 2017
Cambodia exported its first shipment of 100 tonnes of yellow bananas to China via Vietnam on Saturday, according to an official from the Ministry of Agriculture. Hean Vanhan, director-general of the Ministry’s general directorate of agriculture, said the 100 tonnes of yellow bananas were from Anh Andong Meas Company’s plantation in Sambor district in Rattanakiri province, and were the first shipment the Kingdom has ever exported. According to Vanhan, Cambodia had negotiated with Vietnam to allow the shipment to transit in the country before it reaches China. Three banana species—yellow, sugar, and green—are widely grown in Cambodia. (Source: Khmer Times)
