Vietnamese dairy producer expands operation in Russia
Vietnam’s dairy group TH True Milk recently began construction on a milk processing plant at Kaluga Special Economic Zone in Borovsk district, Kaluga province of Russia.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s dairy group TH True Milk recently beganconstruction on a milk processing plant at Kaluga Special Economic Zone inBorovsk district, Kaluga province of Russia.
The plant is part of the group’s ten-year investment worth 2.7 billion USD inRussia. Equipped with automatic systems from the world’s prestigious suppliers,it will produce milk and dairy products such as pasteurised milk, ultra-hightemperature processing milk, yogurt, drinking yogurt, butter, kefir, ryazhenka,and ice cream.
Capable of producing 1,500 tonnes of milk per day, it will become the plantwith largest production capacity in Russia, with materials from TH cow farms inMoscow and Kaluga.
According to leaders of Kaluga province, the project is the most important onein the locality. Once becoming operational, it will help settle milkinsufficiency in Russia while boosting exports to international markets likeChina and the Asia-Pacific.
The group is considering building farm and milk processing plant complexes in Tyumenprovince and Bashkortostan.
Also, it will carry out a cow breeding and milk processing project in Primoryeprovince of Russia’s Far East. Up to 350,000 head of cow areexpected to be raised in an area of 140,000 hectares during the three-phaseproject. Nearly 1.8 million tonnes of milk will be produced per year.
TH plans to set up a distribution chain with 300 True Mart stores acrossRussia.
Last year, Vietnam and Kaluga province enjoyed a trade revenue of 30 millionUSD, 7.6 times higher than 2015. In the first six months of this year, thefigure was 22.3 million USD.-VNA
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