Japanese experts are coming to Vietnam to inspect lychee exports.

Sharing with Thanh Nien on May 28, Mr. Nguyen Quang Hieu, Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), said that on May 30, two Japanese plant quarantine experts will be present in Vietnam to supervise lychee export batches.

Many lychee gardens in Bac Giang lost 50% of their output compared to 2023.

MAFF experts will be present at lychee export packaging facilities in Bac Giang and Hai Duong. All travel, accommodation and remuneration expenses during the working period in Vietnam will be paid by the enterprises according to Japanese regulations.

Also according to MAFF's requirements, Vietnamese lychees exported to Japan must be packaged and fumigated with methyl bromide at facilities recognized by the Plant Protection Department and MAFF with a minimum dosage of 32 g/m³ for 2 hours, ensuring the removal of all residual microorganisms and chemicals (if any).

During the processing period, Japanese and Vietnamese plant quarantine experts will supervise and stamp certification for each shipment.

In December 2019, Japan allowed the import of fresh lychees from Vietnam, after 5 years of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and MAFF agreeing and unifying the conditions for quarantine and lychee treatment.

In June 2020, Japan sent experts to Vietnam for the first time to certify lychee exports. Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Japanese experts came to Vietnam by plane carrying medical supplies, without having to be quarantined, to work at a lychee export processing factory.

Bad crop, price increase

According to businesses, due to poor crop in lychee growing areas in Bac Giang and Hai Duong, this year's lychee prices have increased compared to 2023, but there are still many orders from Japan, EU, US...

According to the survey, the export price of fabric that Vietnamese businesses have signed is about 8 USD/kg for the Japanese market, 15 USD/kg for the US, 10 USD/kg for France, 6 - 6.5 USD/kg for Australia.

To monitor the quality of lychee growing areas for export, in May, the Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection of Bac Giang province randomly took 17 fresh lychee samples for testing, and the results all ensured export quality. In June, this unit continued to take 50 samples for quality inspection.

Bac Giang farmers are entering the lychee harvest season.

Ms. Do Linh Nham, Deputy Director of Toan Cau Food Import-Export Joint Stock Company (in Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang), said that this year the company has signed a contract to export 100 tons of fresh lychees to Europe, the US and Japan. The company has also signed a contract to buy 500 tons of lychees for canning and export.

According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bac Giang province, this locality has been granted 221 codes for lychee growing areas for export, with over 17,700 hectares (over 50% of the area). Of which, the Chinese market has the most with 129 codes; Japan has 38 codes; the US has 17 codes; Thailand has 19 codes and Australia has 18 codes...

In Hai Duong, lychee is mainly grown in Thanh Ha district. This locality has 198 lychee growing area codes for export, including 66 export codes to China; 45 export codes to Australia; 41 export codes to the US; 38 export codes to Japan, and 8 export codes to Thailand.

This year, businesses are purchasing lychee for export at 35,000 - 40,000 VND/kg, 1.5 - 2 times higher than in 2023. In Hai Duong, many businesses have signed contracts to purchase lychee for the entire period of 2024 - 2030 at prices ranging from 32,000 - 35,000 VND/kg.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chuyen-gia-nhat-ban-sap-sang-viet-nam-kiem-dinh-vai-thieu-xuat-khau-185240528110137362.htm