Chinese animal feed mill opens in Cambodia
A Chinese animal feed mill officially opened at the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) on Aug 28. It is the first animal feed mill from China and the fifth animal feed factory to operate in Cambodia Cambodia has strongly depended on the imports for animal feed, because of strong demand and low supply… According to MAFF, the demand for animal feed is currently about 700,000 tons per year in Cambodia, but the country can produce only 170,000 tons a year. “The mill would be capable to produce about 57,000 tons a year, so it would increase the supply of animal feed locally and can reduce the reliance on imports,” Chan Sarun [Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries] said… The Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness (Cambodi) is a joint-venture between China’s New Hope Group, which holds a 90 percent stake and Japan’s animal feed Sojitz Corporation, which owns the remainder, said Deng Xiaohua, a manager of China’s New Hope Group. The construction of the Sichuan New Hope Agribusiness (Cambodia) mill started in early 2011 on the land of 33,500 square meters and completed last month, costing US$6 million. It currently employs about 100 Cambodian workers, said Deng…
