Copra prices continued to increase and is to the point where 110000-115000 copper / ten (12 left), an average increase of 10,000 VND / decade over the previous month, approximately 120,000 peak price / dozen in 2011.

 

According to Ben Tre coconut association, coconut raw materials prices were high during the first few months of this year have an impact from the pressure of the competition for the trader group, including group purchasing for export to China often regularly "eat in" very strong in the media container ships and vehicles.

 

Prices rising raw coconuts, coconut growers benefit while coconut processing enterprises (largely concentrated in Ben Tre) distress the forest, coconut materials purchased only meet about 30% of capacity .

 

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