Vietnamese fruits have gradually conquered world markets, said NguyenXuan Hong, director of the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment's (MARD) Plant Protection Department.
Hong noted thatVietnam was a tropical country, especially the southwest region, withorchards all year round, and recently, the United States announced itwas importing fresh lychee and longan from Vietnam beginning October 6.
Inaddition, Vietnamese fruit exporters also plan to sell various fruitssuch as apples, as well as dragon fruit, rambutan, lychee and mango, todifficult markets such as the US and Japan, as well as Australia, NewZealand, and Taiwan.
"This will be a great opportunity for Vietnamese fruits to start conquering world markets," he remarked.
Hongadded that Vietnam had an advantage in exporting fruits since some ofthem, including dragon fruit and lychee, were delicious and favoured byimporters.
He said the US move to import lychee and longan fromVietnam would open more opportunities for Vietnamese fruits to penetratedeeper into the US as well as other demanding markets.
Inaddition, this move will also create an opportunity for Vietnamese fruitand vegetable exporters to minimise their reliance on the Chinesemarket and ensure sustainable growth.
Hong also warned thatexporting fruits to difficult markets such as the European Union, US andJapan required Vietnamese exporters to meet strict food safetyrequirements and to subject their products to irradiation treatment toneutralise all plant pests, mostly insects.
Fruit exporters mustreorganise their production operations and conduct intensive growingareas and applied bar codes, as well as codes for processing plants.
NguyenHuu Dat, director of the Centre for Plant Quarantine after Importation,said that since 2008, dragon fruits have begun entering the US, andexport volume continued to increase from 100 tonnes in 2008 to 1,000tonnes in the first six months of this year.
In spite of strongcompetition from Thailand and Mexico, Vietnamese rambutan exports to theUS remain stable as a result of out-of-season cultivation and harvests.
Thevolume of dragon fruit exports to Japan and the Republic of Korea hasreached about 4,900 tonnes. In the first six months of this year, around1,000 tonnes of dragon fruits were likewise exported.
"Businessesneed to make good use of natural products such as coconuts in the US,and increase banana exports to the US and Japan," said Nguyen Huu Dat.
Accordingto Dat, Vietnam has a vast potential to grow and export fresh fruitsand thus, needs to initiate the formulation of a production andconsumption plan.
He said the plan was needed to make possible the domestic and international promotion of Vietnamese fruits.
Accordingto Nguyen Tri Ngoc, head of the MARD Cultivation Department, small andscattered production scales and limited financial and managerialcapacity were the challenges facing Vietnamese fruit exporters.
Post-harvesttechnology likewise remains a big problem of the commodity productionvalue chain. If there is no standard process for preserving harvestedfruits, Vietnamese exporters will find it difficult to penetrate the USmarket.
According to the MARD, in the first nine months,Vietnamese vegetable exports reached 1.1 billion USD, a 39-percentyear-on-year increase, and fruit and vegetable production achieved a708-million USD trade surplus.
Among Vietnam's 10 major fruit andvegetable importers, China leads with 28.6 percent of market share,followed by Japan with 4.74 percent, the Republic of Korea with 3.76percent and the US with 3.44 percent.
It is expected that by theend of this year and early next year, Vietnam will continue to exportstar apple and mango to the US, dragon fruit and mango to Japan, dragonfruit to Taiwan and rambutan to New Zealand.-VNA
Hong noted thatVietnam was a tropical country, especially the southwest region, withorchards all year round, and recently, the United States announced itwas importing fresh lychee and longan from Vietnam beginning October 6.
Inaddition, Vietnamese fruit exporters also plan to sell various fruitssuch as apples, as well as dragon fruit, rambutan, lychee and mango, todifficult markets such as the US and Japan, as well as Australia, NewZealand, and Taiwan.
"This will be a great opportunity for Vietnamese fruits to start conquering world markets," he remarked.
Hongadded that Vietnam had an advantage in exporting fruits since some ofthem, including dragon fruit and lychee, were delicious and favoured byimporters.
He said the US move to import lychee and longan fromVietnam would open more opportunities for Vietnamese fruits to penetratedeeper into the US as well as other demanding markets.
Inaddition, this move will also create an opportunity for Vietnamese fruitand vegetable exporters to minimise their reliance on the Chinesemarket and ensure sustainable growth.
Hong also warned thatexporting fruits to difficult markets such as the European Union, US andJapan required Vietnamese exporters to meet strict food safetyrequirements and to subject their products to irradiation treatment toneutralise all plant pests, mostly insects.
Fruit exporters mustreorganise their production operations and conduct intensive growingareas and applied bar codes, as well as codes for processing plants.
NguyenHuu Dat, director of the Centre for Plant Quarantine after Importation,said that since 2008, dragon fruits have begun entering the US, andexport volume continued to increase from 100 tonnes in 2008 to 1,000tonnes in the first six months of this year.
In spite of strongcompetition from Thailand and Mexico, Vietnamese rambutan exports to theUS remain stable as a result of out-of-season cultivation and harvests.
Thevolume of dragon fruit exports to Japan and the Republic of Korea hasreached about 4,900 tonnes. In the first six months of this year, around1,000 tonnes of dragon fruits were likewise exported.
"Businessesneed to make good use of natural products such as coconuts in the US,and increase banana exports to the US and Japan," said Nguyen Huu Dat.
Accordingto Dat, Vietnam has a vast potential to grow and export fresh fruitsand thus, needs to initiate the formulation of a production andconsumption plan.
He said the plan was needed to make possible the domestic and international promotion of Vietnamese fruits.
Accordingto Nguyen Tri Ngoc, head of the MARD Cultivation Department, small andscattered production scales and limited financial and managerialcapacity were the challenges facing Vietnamese fruit exporters.
Post-harvesttechnology likewise remains a big problem of the commodity productionvalue chain. If there is no standard process for preserving harvestedfruits, Vietnamese exporters will find it difficult to penetrate the USmarket.
According to the MARD, in the first nine months,Vietnamese vegetable exports reached 1.1 billion USD, a 39-percentyear-on-year increase, and fruit and vegetable production achieved a708-million USD trade surplus.
Among Vietnam's 10 major fruit andvegetable importers, China leads with 28.6 percent of market share,followed by Japan with 4.74 percent, the Republic of Korea with 3.76percent and the US with 3.44 percent.
It is expected that by theend of this year and early next year, Vietnam will continue to exportstar apple and mango to the US, dragon fruit and mango to Japan, dragonfruit to Taiwan and rambutan to New Zealand.-VNA
