2011年08月24日21:46 来源：粮油市场报
本报讯 （记者 王影影）中粮集团有限公司发布公告称，已与柬埔寨签署了进口1000吨大米贸易合同。这也是中国首次从柬埔寨进口大米。
中粮集团8月23日在其公司官方网站发布公告称，8月20日，中粮集团副总裁吕军代表中粮集团与柬埔寨唔哥农业米较有限公司签署了进口大米贸易合同，但并未透出此次交易所涉及的金额和进口大米的价格。
稻米是柬埔寨重要粮食作物，品质优良，口感上乘，增加大米出口一直是该国政府发展农业的主要目标。据柬埔寨官方数据，2010年柬埔寨稻谷总产量约为825万吨，除了满足国内需求外，约有390万吨稻谷可加工成250万吨大米供出口。由于大米加工设施严重缺乏，柬埔寨只能将剩余的大多数稻谷直接销往越南和泰国。
中粮称，此次中粮签订进口柬埔寨大米合同，将为国内大米消费者提供又一全新选择，也为中柬两国经贸发展做出贡献。
据发改委公布的2011年粮食进口关税配额量，其中大米为532万吨（长粒米266万吨，中短粒米266万吨），国营贸易比例50%。
据海关最新数据显示，今年7月，中国进口大米53180吨，同比增长171%，价格为601美元/吨；出口大米12101吨，同比下降76.6%，价格为646美元/吨。
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Xinhua: Cambodia's rice export scheme sees good omen with Chinese investments
PHNOM PENH, August 27 (Xinhua)
Cambodia has seen a positive sign towards achieving its self-imposed target of one million-ton- rice exports by 2015 as the sector has been attracting a number of large investments from China.
In last August, the government launched the rice export policy in a bid to boost the exports of one million tons of milled rice by 2015.
"The main challenges to achieve this target are the shortages of sophisticated post-harvest technologies and capital to buy rice paddy from farmers," Kong Putheara, director of the Commerce Ministry's Planning and Statistics Department, told Xinhua in an interview on Friday.
However, the issues have gradually been broken through as a number of large Chinese firms have signed up to build a hi-tech rice processing plant and to purchase Cambodian rice for Chinese market.
Among those firms is the China Grain Reserves Corporation ( Sinograin) Guangzhou Branch.
The firm signed up on August 16 to buy up to 200,000 tons of milled rice per year from Cambodia and has put its initial investment of 20 million U.S. dollars with a local T.T.Y Corporation to buy rice paddy from farmers to process for the exports to China.
And the China's Yunnan Overseas Investment Co., Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a local Soma Group of Cambodia to build a high-tech rice processing plant to process rice for China.
Also, China Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) signed a deal with Cambodia's Angkor Rice this week to buy Cambodian rice.
"A lot of foreign investors have been looking at Cambodian rice potentials, especially China," said Putheara.
"Chinese investors have been leading investments in Cambodian rice sector for now," he said. "Moreover, I believe that China will also be the largest purchaser of Cambodian rice in the future. "
Besides China, he said the Philippines, Brunei, Senegal, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bangladesh has also approached Cambodia for rice purchase despite no deal signed yet so far.
Phou Puy, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations, said Saturday that currently the country has had only a few modern post-harvest technologies and also had a few large-scale rice storage.
He added that the country's sophisticated rice processing plants are capable to process only about 200,000 tons of rice per year at the moment, so to meet the target of exporting 1 million tons a year by 2015, it needs to be invested other four or five times in modern rice processing plants.
"Therefore, Chinese investment in the rice processing plant is on the right time," said Phou Puy, who is also Chairman of the rice exporter Baitang Kampuchea Co., which invested in a modern post-harvest technology in Battambang province.
The company had exported nearly 20,000 tons of processed rice in the first half of this year, double rise compared to the same period last year.
Puy said the Baitang Kampuchea had also signed a MoU with a Chinese firm for the supply of 10,000 tons of milled rice to China per year and the exports will be starting from next year.
He said his plant is capable to process an average of 130,000 tons of rice per year.
Chan Sophal, president of Cambodia Economic Association, said on Saturday that European countries and China will definitely be the big markets for Cambodian good quality rice in the future.
Cambodian government has simplified procedures for rice exporters; however, the high cost of electricity and transport compared with its neighboring Vietnam and Thailand is still a concern for investors, he said.
Currently, Cambodia has about 35 rice exporters; the country had exported 80,442 tons of good-quality milled rice in the first half of this year, 369 percent increase from 17,144 tons at the same period last year, showed the statistics from the Ministry of Commerce.
However, this country can export only small amount of its milled rice so far due to the lack of sophisticated post- harvesting technologies, storage, and capital to buy rice paddy from farmers; therefore, most of the rice paddies have been sold to Vietnam and Thailand without recycling.
In a year, Cambodia lost about 600 million U.S. dollars from rice production that exported without recycling, Prime Minister Hun Sen said last year during the launch of rice export policy.
Chan Sophal said that the government's rice export policy would broaden and strengthen the foundation of economic growth while accelerating poverty reduction and improving the people's livelihoods through job creations when more rice post-harvest technologies have been built in Cambodia.
With a series of Chinese investment plans in the sector, it's believed that Cambodia will be able to achieve its target of exporting one million tons of milled rice by 2015.
Cambodia has seen a positive sign towards achieving its self-imposed target of one million-ton- rice exports by 2015 as the sector has been attracting a number of large investments from China.
In last August, the government launched the rice export policy in a bid to boost the exports of one million tons of milled rice by 2015.
"The main challenges to achieve this target are the shortages of sophisticated post-harvest technologies and capital to buy rice paddy from farmers," Kong Putheara, director of the Commerce Ministry's Planning and Statistics Department, told Xinhua in an interview on Friday.
However, the issues have gradually been broken through as a number of large Chinese firms have signed up to build a hi-tech rice processing plant and to purchase Cambodian rice for Chinese market.
Among those firms is the China Grain Reserves Corporation ( Sinograin) Guangzhou Branch.
The firm signed up on August 16 to buy up to 200,000 tons of milled rice per year from Cambodia and has put its initial investment of 20 million U.S. dollars with a local T.T.Y Corporation to buy rice paddy from farmers to process for the exports to China.
And the China's Yunnan Overseas Investment Co., Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a local Soma Group of Cambodia to build a high-tech rice processing plant to process rice for China.
Also, China Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) signed a deal with Cambodia's Angkor Rice this week to buy Cambodian rice.
"A lot of foreign investors have been looking at Cambodian rice potentials, especially China," said Putheara.
"Chinese investors have been leading investments in Cambodian rice sector for now," he said. "Moreover, I believe that China will also be the largest purchaser of Cambodian rice in the future. "
Besides China, he said the Philippines, Brunei, Senegal, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bangladesh has also approached Cambodia for rice purchase despite no deal signed yet so far.
Phou Puy, president of the Federation of Cambodian Rice Millers Associations, said Saturday that currently the country has had only a few modern post-harvest technologies and also had a few large-scale rice storage.
He added that the country's sophisticated rice processing plants are capable to process only about 200,000 tons of rice per year at the moment, so to meet the target of exporting 1 million tons a year by 2015, it needs to be invested other four or five times in modern rice processing plants.
"Therefore, Chinese investment in the rice processing plant is on the right time," said Phou Puy, who is also Chairman of the rice exporter Baitang Kampuchea Co., which invested in a modern post-harvest technology in Battambang province.
The company had exported nearly 20,000 tons of processed rice in the first half of this year, double rise compared to the same period last year.
Puy said the Baitang Kampuchea had also signed a MoU with a Chinese firm for the supply of 10,000 tons of milled rice to China per year and the exports will be starting from next year.
He said his plant is capable to process an average of 130,000 tons of rice per year.
Chan Sophal, president of Cambodia Economic Association, said on Saturday that European countries and China will definitely be the big markets for Cambodian good quality rice in the future.
Cambodian government has simplified procedures for rice exporters; however, the high cost of electricity and transport compared with its neighboring Vietnam and Thailand is still a concern for investors, he said.
Currently, Cambodia has about 35 rice exporters; the country had exported 80,442 tons of good-quality milled rice in the first half of this year, 369 percent increase from 17,144 tons at the same period last year, showed the statistics from the Ministry of Commerce.
However, this country can export only small amount of its milled rice so far due to the lack of sophisticated post- harvesting technologies, storage, and capital to buy rice paddy from farmers; therefore, most of the rice paddies have been sold to Vietnam and Thailand without recycling.
In a year, Cambodia lost about 600 million U.S. dollars from rice production that exported without recycling, Prime Minister Hun Sen said last year during the launch of rice export policy.
Chan Sophal said that the government's rice export policy would broaden and strengthen the foundation of economic growth while accelerating poverty reduction and improving the people's livelihoods through job creations when more rice post-harvest technologies have been built in Cambodia.
With a series of Chinese investment plans in the sector, it's believed that Cambodia will be able to achieve its target of exporting one million tons of milled rice by 2015.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Historical rice deal - Angkor Rice goes to China
Historical event - Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen , and other senior Ministers of Cambodian government, witness the historical rice trade deal between Cambodia and China in Phnom Penh, Aug. 20, 2011. (picture by AKR)
By AC
20 August 2011
COFCO, a leading grain, oils and foodstuffs import and export group in China and the biggest rice importers and exporters, signs a rice deal to buy the first Cambodian rice from Angkor Rice to China. The first shipment is 100% Neang Malis Fragrant rice, which is the best quality rice available from Angkor Rice.
The contract between the two companies indicates that "it is the first rice business between China and Cambodia".
"COFCO has developed wide sales channels and networks all over China and possesses the top brands of rice and other grain products in domestic market. In order to promote Cambodian rice in China, COFCO will make the full use of its leading position and brand awareness, strengthen the input of marketing and sales promotions, and make their best efforts to gain the accpetance of Cambodian rice among Chinese consumers".Angkor Rice is a reputable rice producer who produces the best quality fragrant rice. It regularly exports rice to Europe, Hong Kong and Australia. The process to select only the best fragrant rice paddy without mixing cheap rice and its own contracted farmers make the producer different from the other local rice traders in Cambodia. Angkor Rice is expanding its milling capacity and the fragrant rice growing area, with participation in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) intend to reduce green house gases that warming the globe.
Rice is a major stable for Chinese consumers. Although China can produce a lot of rice every year (see stat from USDA), but the volume is still not enough for the domestic consumption especially for the high quality fragrant rice, which can be grown only in some area in Thailand and Cambodia. China imports quality fragrant rice from Thailand approximate 200 millions dollars per year.
The main issue to export to China is not the problem about agricultural pests which can be easily controlled. But the issue is the dishonest sellers who mix low quality rice,but look similar, to high quality fragrant rice and brand it as 100% fragrant rice, Mr. Chieu Hieng, CEO of Angkor Rice said. "They just pack it and brand it as good rice but instead it is cheap rice", he added.
Mr. Chieu Hieng (right) shows Neang Malis fragrant rice to COFCO officers, leaded by vice president Mr. Lv Jun (2nd from left). The trade envoy Mr. Zhou Shanqing (3rd from left), Director of the Dept. of Foreign Trade MOC. PRC. also accompany the group.
Source of video clip - TVK News - 20 August 2011