(VLO) Since the beginning of the year, coconut growers have been excited because the price of coconuts has always increased, making them easy to consume and having a wide range of output.
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| Coconuts are currently in the off-season, with high domestic and export demand, so prices are rising sharply. |
Prices are always high, output is wide
Ms. Ha Thi Nga (69 years old, in Cho hamlet, My An commune, Mang Thit district) said that she had just collected 10 dry coconuts (12 fruits) left in the garden, selling them to buyers for 120,000 VND; 30 coconut trees that are bearing fruit planted on nearly 2 hectares of her garden are no longer for sale because every week someone comes to buy them, even though her coconut garden is located in a hollow, far from the main road.
After Tet At Ty 2025, traders came to buy and pick fruits at her garden with the price of dried coconuts from 80,000-90,000 VND/dozen, fresh coconuts from 40,000-50,000 VND/dozen.
According to the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Vung Liem district, over the past month, the price of coconuts in Vung Liem district has always been stable at a high level. The average price of coconuts bought by traders at the garden for dried coconuts is 10,900 VND/fruit (an increase of 500 VND/fruit compared to the beginning of January 2025 and an increase of 6,900 VND/fruit compared to the same period last year) and fresh coconuts are 5,000 VND/fruit (an increase of 1,000 VND/fruit compared to the same period last year).
The current price of coconut is the highest in nearly 5 years. During the 2 years affected by the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021), there were times when the price of coconut was high, many coconut growers in the province sold dried coconuts in the garden to traders for 105,000-110,000 VND/dozen, fresh coconuts for 55,000 VND/dozen.
In Ben Tre, in late March 2025, the price of dried coconut increased to 180,000-190,000 VND/dozen, a record high, but gardeners had no goods to sell because it was the dry season, the off-season, so the output was not much.
According to experts, domestic coconut prices are remaining high due to the shortage of coconuts in some countries with large coconut acreage such as India and Malaysia. In particular, Malaysia is increasing coconut imports to address the shortage, ensuring sufficient supply during the fasting month and the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday. The focus is still on addressing the shortage of grated coconut and fresh coconut milk.
In addition, due to the fact that domestic coconut gardens are in the off-season, productivity and output are low, combined with large domestic consumption enterprises serving the processing industry from coconut products for export, especially in Ben Tre province; thereby pushing the price of raw coconut and domestic coconut products to a record high.
Coconut growing area also increased
According to the analysis of some farmers, currently compared to perennial trees, fruit trees that are popularly grown such as durian, jackfruit, orange, green-skinned grapefruit..., coconut trees do not provide as much income and profit, but growing coconut trees has many more advantages. That is, coconut trees are easy to grow, the labor and basic investment capital, and care investment are lower; the trees have a long lifespan so they provide stable, long-term income.
In addition, coconut trees are not picky about soil, can be grown in areas with alum, salinity, low-lying land; growing coconut trees is safe and all parts of them can be used.
If the coconut tree is well cared for and not attacked by pests or diseases, it will always bear fruit. Especially, the consumption of coconuts is very favorable because there are always traders coming to the garden to buy.
Therefore, recently, many gardeners have returned to growing coconuts, especially those with large plots of land and few laborers, thereby increasing the coconut acreage in the province.
According to the agricultural sector, in 2010, the whole province had 7,396 hectares of coconut; by the end of 2020, it was 10,200 hectares and by the end of 2024, it was 10,865 hectares (harvest output reached 148,200 tons). Of which, the coconut area is mainly concentrated in 4 districts: Vung Liem (more than 5,000 hectares), Tam Binh and Tra On (nearly 2,000 hectares/district) and Mang Thit (more than 1,200 hectares).
Coconut trees in the province are commonly tall coconuts (such as Vietnamese coconut, fire coconut, Tam Quan coconut...). Recently, there are many imported dwarf coconut varieties that are very diverse (such as pineapple coconut, Siamese coconut, elongated coconut...) that are widely grown and well adapted to the soil conditions in the province. Many gardeners also know how to intercrop in coconut gardens with short-term crops such as potatoes, bananas, vegetables... to get short-term benefits to support long-term benefits.
The agricultural sector has been working with businesses to support and guide farmers in building growing area codes (MSVT), producing according to organic processes and certifying organic coconut trees for export and domestic trade.
In Vung Liem district, the district is currently coordinating with enterprises to produce organic coconuts in 4 communes of Trung Thanh Dong, Trung Thanh Tay, Hieu Nhon and Tan An Luong with an area of 460 hectares, of which 75.12 hectares are producing certified organic coconuts in Trung An, Trung Hieu and Trung Ngai communes.
Up to now, the province has 7 valid export coconut MSVTs with an area of 96.82 hectares in Trung Nghia and Tan An Luong communes (Vung Liem district); 11 valid domestic coconut MSVTs with an area of 121.05 hectares in Trung Nghia, Trung An, Hieu Phung communes (Vung Liem district) and Tan Long Hoi, Tan An Hoi communes (Mang Thit district); 1 packaging facility of An Phu Dat Import-Export Joint Stock Company, Vinh Long branch (in Thuan Tien B hamlet, Thuan An commune, Binh Minh town) processing coconuts with a capacity of 60 tons/day for export to the Chinese market.
Article and photos: MY TRUNG
Source: https://baovinhlong.vn/kinh-te/202503/cay-dua-tro-lai-thoi-dinh-cao-7b772e3/
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