08 December 2014
Kampong
Speu palm sugar exports with geographical indication (GI) status have increased
in the past year. Export volumes of the sugar reached 50 tons in 2014. The
increase represents a 138% rise in exports compared with the 21 tons exported
in 2013.
Kampong
Speu palm sugar was granted the GI status in 2010 under the WTO’s agreement on
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The KSPSPA was still in
talks with a Korean firm that plans to build a 3,000- square-metre boiling
facility capable of refining 300 tons of palm sugar per year to be exported to
South Korea. Kampong Speu GI palm sugar production currently stands at about
300 to 400 tons per year, while only 30 tons on average is exported.
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