Illustrative image (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) -Vietnam earned some 321 million USD from fruit and vegetable exports in January2018, rising by 36.9 percent from the sameperiod last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment (MARD).
China, Japan, the US and the Republic of Korea remainedthe biggest importers of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables in the month. Themarkets with soaring imports from Vietnam were Japan (69.3 percent), the UnitedArab Emirates (56.3 percent), and China (52.4 percent).
Meanwhile, the country imported 152 million USDworth of these commodities in January, of which fruits accounted for 76percent.
TheMinistry said the domestic fruit market saw great fluctuations, with a rise inthe price of dragon fruit in the Mekong Delta region.
The trend is expected tocontinue in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Prices ofstar apples and jack fruits also climbed up, reaching 15,000 VND (0.7 USD) and43,000 VND (1.9 USD) per kg due to increasing demand for these two products inthe US and China, respectively.
Meanwhile,orange prices in the Mekong Delta region fell dramatically due to abundantsupply and the crops face diseases.
Prices ofseveral vegetables also dropped in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dongdue to high supply fueled by favourable weather.-VNA
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