Local business wins contract to export fruit to Russia, Germany

Tien Giang (VNA) - The Lo Ren Vinh Kim Star Apple Cooperative in the Mekong delta province of Tien Giang has completed the signing of contracts to export 50 tonnes of star apples, which meet the GlobalGap standard, to Russia and Germany.

According to the cooperative's chairman Nguyen Van Ngan, Lo Ren Vinh Kim
star apples were valued at 30,000 VND per kilo under the terms of the
contract, an increase of 50 percent on the domestic price.

The cooperative possesses 47 ha of Lo Ren Vinh Kim star apple orchards,
which have been grown following the GlobalGap (Global Good Agriculture
Practice) standard. The acreage is expected to yield 50 tonnes to supply to
the Metro company in Ho Chi Minh City as per the signed contract, which
will then be exported to Russia and Germany .

The Lo Ren Vinh Kim star apple is currently grown in 13 communes in the Chau
Thanh district of Tien Giang province, with a total growing area of 2.300 ha
and an average yield of between 13-15 tonnes per ha.

The province plans to expand this acreage to 5,000 ha by 2015.-Enditem