#Vietnam fruit

PSNews - Fruit and vegetable exports have risen by 89.2% this year to US$459 million due to a surge in demand from China.

PSNews - According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien, export revenue of vegetables and fruits of Vietnam hit a record high of 2.7 billion USD in the first half of 2023.

PSNews – The European Union (EU) with a population of more than 500 million people is a large vegetables and fruit import market. However, the volume of fruit and vegetables imported from Vietnam only account for 1% of this market’s total imports. In other words, Vietnam enterprises still have much opportunity to export more fruit and vegetables to this potential market in the coming time.

PSNews – Hung Yen longan, one of the famous specialties of Vietnam, has begun to be sold on the e-commerce platform of Postmart.vn

The south-central province of Ninh Thuan has stepped up the application of science and technology in agricultural production in order to boost socio-economic development in tandem with sustainable environmental protection.

Agricare Vietnam Co.Ltd has so far bought 3 tons of this year’s crop of mangoes from farmers in Yen Chau district of the northern province of Son La to export to Australia.

Vietnamese air freight costs are much higher than the regional average and this is believed to be one of the main reasons hindering Vietnam’s fruit exports.

Vietnam spent more than US$167 million on fruit imports in January, a year-on-year increase of 70%, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export in 2016 hit US$2.4 billion, representing an increase of 30% from 2015 and exceeding the year target of US$2.2 billion set by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnam mangosteens and lychees have been licenced to enter the US and Australia. This is a good sign for the fruit and vegetable sector.