The association has exported over 1,000 tonnes since the Lunar New Yearfestival which fell on January 25 this year, Sai Gon Giai phong newspaperreported.
According to Chairman of the association Nguyen Quoc Trinh, the outbreak haslong caused stagnancy in dragon fruit export and price drop for farmers.
Before Tet holiday, traders paid as low as 5,000 VND per kg of red flesh dragonfruit. The price increases to 12,000-15,000 VND per kg now. After transportingthe fruit to China and some other nations by sea, mostly through Cat Laiseaport, traders sell the fruit in local markets at the price of 40,000-42,000 VNDper kg
The volume of dragon fruit exported by sea has been increasing for the last fewdays./.
