Vietnam Khanh Hoa: A large number of Australian mangoes rot in the fields, with no one interested in buying them at 70 cents per pound
Cam Lam, located in the south-central coastal area of Vietnam, is the main mango growing area in Vietnam. It is currently the local harvest season, but the purchase price has dropped from 25,000 VND/kg (7 yuan/kg) to less than 5,000 VND/kg (1.4 yuan/kg).
Last year, the price of first-grade mango was 30,000 VND/kg and the price of second-grade mango was 20,000 VND/kg. This year, the weather conditions are not good, the mango production has decreased, agricultural inputs have increased, and the selling price has plummeted, causing heavy losses to fruit farmers.
The mango planting area in Cam Lam County is about 7,000 hectares. Australian mangoes were introduced in 2003, and the current planting area is 4,000 hectares. Now the mangoes on the trees are ripening quickly, and the ground is also covered with overripe mangoes. If they are not harvested in the next 1-2 weeks, a large number of mangoes will have to rot.
In the past month, the price of mangoes has continued to fluctuate. Dang The head of Camlamonline, a mango processing company in Cam Lam County, said: Truyen said that this year there are many grade 2 and grade 3 fruits in the local area, and grade 1 fruits only account for about 20%. In order to support mango farmers, the company purchased about 100 tons of mangoes at a suitable price this month and produced about 12 tons of dried mangoes.
Many years ago, mangoes from Ganlin County were mainly exported to China in the form of fresh food. In recent years, the mango planting area in China has increased sharply, and the production season of Ganlin Australian mangoes overlaps with that of Chinese mangoes. Affected by huge competitive pressure, the export of Ganlin mangoes has dropped sharply and can only be consumed in Vietnam or processed into dried mangoes, mango juice and other products.
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