Exporting Cassava Chips From Nigeria

Exporting Cassava Chips & Pallets From Nigeria 

Nigeria is a major and largest producer of Cassava in the world. According to IITA , Nigeria produces the most improved cassava species that translate to over 80 percent world output

Cassava crop is cultivated in 34 out of the 36 states that make up Nigeria.

Cassava is used mainly for producing livestock feeds. The dry roots chips and pellets are used in production of animal livestock feeds in America and Europe. Alcohol is also extracted from cassava. Many European and American countries, including: Germany, UK, France, the Netherlands among others demands huge quantities of processed cassava products annually. Cassava cubes are used mainly in the compounding of livestock feeds.

Cassava derivatives also serves as industrial raw material for the production of adhesives bakery products, dextrin, dextrose glucose, lactose and sucrose. Dextrin is used as a binding agent in the paper and packing industry and adhesive in cardboard, plywood and veneer binding. Cassava derivatives are equally used in the production of dry cell, textiles and school chalk etc.

In the Food and beverage industries, cassava derivatives are used in the production of jelly caramel and chewing gum

Cassava products are also used in pharmaceutical and chemical industries in the in the production of cosmetics and drugs. 

Textile industries and food industries need starch as raw materials for production. Food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries (to mention few) need starch as raw material

About 30 percent of cassava production globally is used for starches and other industrial products and only less than one percent is processed into ethanol particularly in Brazil. It is a choice animal feed material because of its high carbohydrate content.

The principal buyer of cassava Chips and Pallets in the Europe is Netherlands, (accounting for over 40 percent of total Europe imports); Germany (about 20 per cent), Belgium and Luxembourg (about 13 percent), France (eight percent), U.K (10 percent) and Italy (two percent). 

Cassava Chips is a product derived from cassava. It is an unfermented white dried product of cassava with an average diameter of 3mm - 5mm, cylindrical or strand/rod in shape of uniform thickness

Cassava chips and pallets can be produced on a small scale at home, as well as on  a large scale. The process of producing cassava chips and pallets are virtually the same. The products undergo the following stages:

The raw tubers procured from local farmers are put into the automatic peeler. Its sharp blade cut off large chunks of the tubers. Peeled cassava is washed thoroughly either with the aid of washing machine or manual.

Washed parts are passed into the chipping machine and the outcome is chips while the ones put into the pelleting machine come out as pellets.

The chips or pellets are then passed into the dehydrator or dryer, until the moisture content is reduced to about 13 per cent..  

The end product ready for packaging. Packaging is done in 50kg jute bags or according to the specification of the buyer

On a small scale, Cassava chips are produced by slicing peeled cassava tubers into small pieces using sharp knives. The small pieces which are the chips are now washed thoroughly with water,  and then sun-dried using an elevated platform for 5 days or a week, depending on the intensity of solar radiation, until the moisture content is reduced to about 13 per cent. 

Engaging in exportation of Cassava Chips can be very lucrative and highly profitable for anyone willing to go into export business'

You too can start exporting Cassava Chips  today to earn in dollars.     

We have researched into the processes and requirements of exporting Cassava Chips  from Nigeria to other part of the world and come out with a report.
The highly informative report / E-book on Cassava Chips  export from Nigeria cost only Five thousand Naira and is available electronically for anyone interested in Cassava Chips  export business.

To place order for the export report / e-Book

Visit a branch of Access bank Plc nearest to you and  pay the sum of N5000 only to:

A/C. Number:0051386690

A/C. Name; Gravy Seed Ventures

You can also make transfer via mobile banking Apps or on ATM machines

After payment text  the followings:

1. Your Full name
2. The e-mail address you will prefer to receive the e-Book 
3. Bank teller  / transaction number
4. The  e-Book you paid for

to: 07052168220.

A copy of the export e-Book(PDF) will be sent to your email box as soon as your payment is confirmed within 24 hours