#dragon fruit

The growing demand for fresh dragon fruit and products made from dragon fruit in the Australian and New Zealand markets moving into the post-COVID period is seen as a prime opportunity for local enterprises to promote the export of the item.

PSNews - Recently, the Representative Office and the Trade Office of Vietnam in Australia announced that 14 tons of dragon fruits under the Red Dragon brand imported by 4wayfresh Company had landed and brought to the market in two states of Western Australia and South Australia.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is expanding its specialised growing zone for dragon fruit, a fruit that has helped several local farmers become rich.

Dragon fruits have dominated Vietnamese fruit exports in the first four months of 2018 with total exports reaching US$427 million, a year-on-year increase of 9%.

Experts and businesses discussed ways to maintain and expand EU markets for Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports at a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on October 9.

Vietnamese dragon fruit went up for sale at Australian grocery stores from September 24 after nine years of negotiations, following lychees and mangoes.

Due to solid economic growth over the past decade and the expanding Vietnamese middle income class the demand for a wider variety and higher quality of commodities has been steadily on the uptick.

More than 2,300 households growing dragon fruits in Binh Thuan, Long An, and Tien Giang provinces have been assisted to replace 2 million incandescent bulbs with energy-saving lights from July 2014.

India has officially lifted its suspension of the import of Vietnamese black pepper, cassava, cinnamon, and dragon fruits, which was enforced on March 7.

Dragon fruit from Vietnam proved to be a huge draw at the international trade show Fruit Logistica (February 8-10) in Berlin that attracted more than 58,000 visitors, according to Vietnam Embassy personnel.