Vietnam Fruits insights

The first batch of green mangoes was jointly organized by VINA T&T Import & Export Service Co., Ltd. and Thanh Binh Agricultural Products Import & Export Co., Ltd., with an export volume of 1 ton. Pham Van Trong, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Tien Giang Province, stressed at the ceremony that this is an important event that not only marks a new step for agriculture in promoting trade, but also helps to enhance the value of Vietnamese agricultural products, including Tien Giang's specialty fruits, in the international market. Vice Chairman Pham Van Trong said that the fresh mangoes officially exported to the United States today are the result of long-term negotiations between the relevant functional agencies of Vietnam and the United States, which has effectively opened up more new opportunities, helped local agricultural products enter the international market, and consolidated the status of agricultural products in Tien Giang Province. According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Tien Giang Province, the fruit planting area in the province is about 88,000 hectares, accounting for nearly 40% of the agricultural production land, with an average annual output of 1.8 million tons. Fruits in Tien Giang Province not only serve the domestic market, but are also exported to markets such as China, South Korea, Japan, the United States, New Zealand and Europe. Mango exports will bring more new opportunities, promote local mangoes to penetrate the global market, introduce foreign exchange, and provide sustainable livelihood security for farmers in professional planting areas. (End)

The six agricultural cooperatives in the Jinju area of Gyeongnam and the Jinju City Strawberry Special Sales Support Team held a special sales event for ‘Jinju Dream Strawberries’ in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from the 3rd to the 7th, laying the foundation for advancing Jinju strawberries into the Vietnamese market. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation Vietnam Office is in cooperation with Jinju Horticultural Cooperative, Jinju Daegok Agricultural Cooperative, Jinju Sugok Agricultural Cooperative, Jinju Geumgok Agricultural Cooperative, Jinju Northern Agricultural Cooperative,

After nearly 10 days of preparation, the Thai Ministry of Agriculture has responded quickly. Six laboratories have been approved by the General Administration of Customs of China and can issue alkaline yellow test reports. From January 20 to 21, the Thai checkpoints have successively released 13 batches of durian with a total of 155.5 tons of test reports. Unlike Thailand's quick response, the relevant departments of the Vietnamese government have not responded yet. As of now, Vietnam has no designated agency or unit that can test and issue alkaline yellow test reports, resulting in stagnation in durian exports to China. Doan Van, general manager of Anh Thu Company in Dak Lak Province Ven said that the company's 10 containers of about 170 tons of durian were only tested for heavy metal cadmium. Due to the lack of alkaline yellow test reports, they waited at the port for nearly 10 days but still could not pass customs. The company was worried that the goods would be damaged and had to return the durian. Now the company has to suspend the export of durian to China. On the one hand, durian cannot be exported, and a large number of durian are returned from the port and can only be sold at low prices in Vietnam. On the other hand, Vietnam is about to enter the Spring Festival holiday, and the logistics capacity is tight. Most durian warehouses even choose to close in advance, causing the price of durian in Vietnam to plummet. About a month ago, the former Mekong Delta In Jiang Province, the purchase price of Golden Pillow durian is as high as 170,000-200,000 VND/kg, and Ri6 durian is also over 100,000 VND/kg. In recent days, the factory purchase price of Golden Pillow durian has dropped to 80,000 VND/kg, and Ri6 durian is only 40,000 VND/kg. The Vietnamese durian industry hopes that the Vietnamese government can cooperate with China as soon as possible to set up a special testing unit to issue alkaline yellow test reports for durian export. Now Vietnam is in the off-season for durian to be put on the market, and the durian market in the Mekong Delta is not large. If the durian production season in the western region enters in March, the price of durian may be greatly affected.