![]() ![]() Ngo Tuong Vy, vice director of Chanh Thu Export and Import Fruit Company in Ben Tre Province, said if the quality of Vietnamese fruits does not improve, they will lose the Chinese market to Chinese rivals. Photo by VnExpress/Viet QuocĬurrently, Vietnamese dragon fruit prices remain high because local farmers can grow the off-season fruit.īut when Chinese dragon fruit in season, from March to September, Vietnamese dragon fruit will face the risk of oversupply and dropping prices. Nguyen Luan’s Muong Man Commune dragon fruit orchard in Ham Thuan Nam District, central Binh Thuan Province. In previous years, China imported more than 300 containers of Vietnamese dragon fruit every day through Vietnam’s northern border gates, Hiep said.īut he added that the figure is now already less than 100 containers. Tran Ngoc Hiep, director of Hoang Hau Dragon Fruit Company in Binh Thuan Province, told VnExpress that Vietnam’s dragon fruit exports to China in the first months of this year have are already slowing under the weight of increasing supply to the north. ![]() So the northern neighbor’s plan to ensure its own local supply of agricultural products puts key Vietnamese farm items exported to the Chinese market at risk of oversupply.Īccording to statistics from the General Department of Vietnam Customs, 90% of Vietnamese dragon fruit is exported to China. The Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences in Hainan Province reported that China’s southern provinces are growing over 2,000 hectares of durian, amounting to 45,000-75,000 tons of the fruit expected to be sold in 2024.ĭurian cultivation will also be expanded to the North, according to the academy.Ībout 90% of Vietnam’s major agricultural products are exported to China. Regarding durian, China imported over 800,000 tons of the fruit worth some US$4 billion last year.īut the giant economy it is likely to import less this year because after years of failed experiments, the country’s farmers are finally growing the fruit successfully in China’s southern regions, according to experts. Late last month, China announced its dragon fruit output had reached 1.6 million tons a year, 200,000 tons higher than Vietnam’s output.Īccording to Chinese customs’ statistics, Chinese demand for dragon fruit is some two million tons a year. ![]()
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