Thailand's fruit prices have been consistently rising, driven by increasing demand from the Chinese market, improving transport services and falling shipping costs.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has announced that the country's total export value of dragon fruit so far this year topped 47 million USD, a fall of 48.7% compared to the same period las year.
China’s customs authorities have approved Vietnam's 246 farming area codes and 97 packaging facility codes that fully meet the requirements for export to the Chinese market.
The Cao Phong orange from the northern province of Hoa Binh is now officially put up for sale in the UK, marking the return of this specialty to the global market after over 40 years.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai has called on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the approval process for irradiation facilities so as to facilitate the export of Vietnam’s fresh fruits to the US.
The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is working to accelerate the granting of planting area codes to more than 80,000 hectares of fruit trees which yield over 1.5 million tonnes of fruits each year.
Vietnam holds huge potential for fruit production, but food safety requirements may be among the major challenges to the country’s export of the products.
A number of fruits grown in Vietnam have successfully entered high value and challenging markets and the country is constantly seeking ways to beef up its economic power via fruit exports.
Vietnamese businesses are seeking to export more fresh and processed dragon fruits to Australia and New Zealand as the demand for this fruit in both markets is increasing.
The People’s Committee of northern Bac Giang province and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a teleconference on March 29 to promote the export of lychee, a local specialty, to the US.
More than 20 tonnes of canned lychee from Vietnam has hit the shelves of supermarkets in France for the first time, according to the trade office of Vietnam in the European country.
Thailand's fruit export between January and August this year generated 169 billion THB (about 5 billion USD), an increase of 46 percent year-on-year, according to the Thai Ministry of Commerce.
A business networking conference was organised virtually on August 5 to seek ways to boost the export of dragon fruit to India and Pakistan amid difficulties due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 Thieu lychee crop has generated over 6.8 trillion VND (over 296 million USD) in revenues from fruit sales and related services for the northern province of Bac Giang, according to the provincial People’s Committee.
In the first 11 months of this year dragon fruit exports fell by 10 percent because of the COVID-19 pandemic but still dominated Vietnamese fruit exports with shipments of more than 1 billion USD.