Hanoi’s late-ripening longan exported to Australia

The first batch of late-ripening longan of Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district is scheduled to reach Melbourne city, Australia, on September 6, the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said.
Hanoi’s late-ripening longan exported to Australia ảnh 1Longan is the fourth type of Vietnamese fruit, together with litchi, mango and dragon fruits, licensed to be imported into Australia (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The firstbatch of late-ripening longan of Hanoi’s Hoai Duc district is scheduled toreach Melbourne city, Australia, on September 6, the municipalDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development said.

Longan is the fourth type of fruit, together with litchi, mango and dragonfruits, licensed to be imported into Australia.

Nguyen Xuan Dai, deputy director of the department, said late-ripening longan hadbeen mostly sold to the Hanoi market. However, the fruit has been exported toforeign countries like Malaysia, the US and Poland.

The capital city has instructed departments and agencies to promote late-ripeninglongan in both domestic and foreign markets, including demanding ones likeAustralia, through trade promotion programmes.

In 2018, Hanoi had 18,796 hectares of orchard, of which the area of longanranked third, with an output of 18,000 tonnes.

Phung Thi Thu Huong, Director of Green Path Vietnam Trading and Import-ExportCompany, said in 2018, Green Path was the first business to ship Hanoi’s longanto the US market.-VNA
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