Local milk exported to 26 countries
(VOV) -Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) announced on October 10 that its dairy products have been exported to 26 countries around the world.
Key export markets include the US, Australia, Canada, Russia, Japan, Thailand, China, Turkey, Iraq, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and the Middle East.
In the past nine months of this year, Vinamilk earned VND4,700 billion (around US$230 million), mostly from nutrients, condensed milk, fresh milk, soya bean milk, and yogurt.
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From 2008 to 2012, the company’s export revenue grew by 62 percent, from VND1,215 billion to more than VND3,712 billion thanks to its high-quality products.
Vinamilk applies the Codex international food standard to meet strict requirements from the US, Australia, Japan and other demanding markets.
Since 2007, the firm has invested over VND500 billion in developing five cow farms in Tuyen Quang, Lam Dong, Binh Dinh, Nghe An and Thanh Hoa provinces.
It has a plan afoot to open three more cow farms in Tay Ninh, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces and creates link to more than 5,000 cow-breeding households to ensure its daily purchase of 450 tonnes of fresh milk (over 60 percent of the country’s total output).