Source: Vnexpress.net
This year, Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports are estimated to reach 5.6 billion USD, the highest level ever, and exceeding 40% of the plan at the beginning of the year.
This is the preliminary result just announced by the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association. Accordingly, this year’s fruit and vegetable export turnover increased by 65.6% over the same period last year – leading the agricultural product group, surpassing key industries such as rice, cashew nuts, coffee, and cassava.
Compared to the plan set out at the beginning of the year of 4 billion USD, the above turnover has increased by 40%. Currently, China is the market importing the most Vietnamese fruits and vegetables with a total turnover of 11 months reaching 3.4 billion USD, an increase of 148% over the same period in 2022 and accounting for 65.5% of the market share.
The remaining countries such as Australia, United Arab Emirates, Korea, Japan, and the Netherlands all increased purchases by 2-31% over the same period last year. Particularly Russia and Thailand turned down slightly due to the impact of the war.
Among exported fruits and vegetables, durian contributes the largest growth to this group with a ratio of 40% of turnover. Next are jackfruit, watermelon, grapefruit, and longan, all with growth rates of 50-200% compared to the same period last year.
Durian is inspected and canned for export to China: Photo: Vina T&T
Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen – General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association – said the reason why vegetable exports continuously set new records is thanks to China and many other countries increasing their purchases of Vietnamese goods. Especially when China increasingly creates favorable conditions for Vietnamese agricultural products through signing a series of protocols.
This year, in addition to durian and jackfruit, many Vietnamese vegetables such as sweet potatoes and chili exports to China increased 6-9 times compared to the same period in 2022. Durian, jackfruit, and sweet potatoes were given more area codes. planting helps bustling export activities.
In addition, logistics infrastructure such as roads, warehouses, and delivery yards have been renovated and newly built, helping export activities reduce costs and create more competitive prices compared to competitors. Currently, the prices of sweet potatoes and durian in Vietnam have increased dramatically but are still attractive compared to competitors in Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia.
During President Xi Jinping’s recent visit, the Chinese side said it would open the market for many potential Vietnamese agricultural products, including fresh coconuts, frozen fruit products, citrus fruits, avocados, Na, Vietnamese whip exported to this country. Also during this visit, the two sides signed a protocol on watermelon export.
In the joint statement, the two countries agreed to apply measures to expand the scale of bilateral trade in a balanced and sustainable manner. Measures to ensure a smooth supply chain of goods and pilot smart border gates at Tan Thanh – Po Chai and Huu Nghi border gates to increase customs clearance efficiency were also agreed to be promoted by the two countries.
In addition to China, the US has also allowed Vietnam to export fresh coconuts again (green peeled and partly white fiber).
According to the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), Vietnamese fruit and vegetable products are increasingly exported to many countries. Authorities are negotiating to open the passion fruit market to the US and Australia; grapefruit to Japan, Korea, Australia, India; durian to India.
