Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Cambodia (Xiamen) Commercial Centre have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to export bird’s nest to China.

The move was shared by the MAFF, adding that the MoU signing took place on Aug. 8 at the ministry here in Phnom Penh.

With the signed MoU, Cambodia bird’s nest production that meets quality standard required by China will be able to export to the Asia’s biggest market in a near future.

H.E. Veng Sakhon, Minister of MAFF, thanked Cambodia (Xiamen) Commercial Centre for its contribution to reach the deal and encouraged bird’s nest farmers in Cambodia to contact the General Department of Agriculture for more details to get registered for the export.

According to the minister, Cambodia bird’s nest so far was produced in small quantity mainly for domestic supply.

According to the ministry’s latest report, there are currently 872 bird’s nest farms in Cambodia that can produce between 1 and 1.5 tonnes of the product per month.

The market price of fresh bird nest ranges from US$700 to US$900 per kilogramme and the processed products values between US$1,500 and US$2,000 per kilogramme.

The MoU will motivate local farmers to produce more bird’s nest for export to China.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press