| Fruit exports are flourishing, expected to reach 4 billion USD in 2023. Are Vietnamese agricultural products and fruits losing to Thailand in the Chinese market? |
On June 16, the People's Committee of Dong Nai province held a ceremony to announce the export of the first official shipment of 360 tons of durian to the Chinese market. Accordingly, 20 container trucks carrying 360 tons of durian (Dona and Ri6 varieties) were exported to the Chinese market by road through Tan Thanh border gate, Huu Nghi international border gate and Mong Cai international border gate.
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| Chinese exported durian is selected with many strict criteria, the fruit must be round and ensure full ripeness. |
With an area of over 11,345 hectares, Dong Nai is considered the "capital" of durian cultivation in the Southeast region with a total output of nearly 69,000 tons. To date, the province has 6 packaging facilities, 11 durian growing areas with an area of 820 hectares granted growing area codes, and an output of about 20,000 tons granted official export codes to the Chinese market.
In addition, there are currently 61 durian growing areas with an area of nearly 2,000 hectares and 4 durian packaging facilities that have completed documents to send to the Plant Protection Department to request the General Administration of Customs of China to approve the code.
At the northern end of the bridge, on the afternoon of June 15, 56 tons of Bac Giang lychees were exported to the Chinese market via Kep International Railway Station (Lang Giang District, Bac Giang Province). This is the first time Bac Giang lychees have been exported by rail to the Chinese market.
Luc Ngan District (Bac Giang Province) is a key fruit growing area of the province and the Northern region with over 28,000 hectares of fruit trees of all kinds, of which the main crop is lychee with a total area of over 17,000 hectares of specialized production. Since the beginning of the season, the whole district has harvested and consumed over 25,000 tons of fresh fruit, of which 54% of the output is consumed domestically and about 46% is exported to foreign markets, mostly the Chinese market.
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| lychee export by rail |
Mr. La Van Nam - Chairman of Luc Ngan District People's Committee - said that Kep station of Bac Giang province has been exploited for international transportation, opening up a new transportation channel, a new direction that is convenient for businesses to transport, consume and export lychees to China. This is also a solution for Luc Ngan district to diversify markets, innovate methods of consuming and exporting lychees by rail, reducing dependence and pressure on road border gates.
In the long term, due to the current and future international railway system connecting traffic with most major seaports and countries in the region, between China and countries in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia, the Middle East, the Far East... opening up the possibility of bringing Luc Ngan litchi products deep into the large domestic market of China and other countries.
In the Central region, on June 14, Ho Guom - Song Am High-Tech Agriculture Company Limited, headquartered in Ngoc Lac district (Thanh Hoa) completed procedures to export 600 kg of seedless lychee to Japan and 500 kg to the United Kingdom by air.
This is a lychee variety imported from abroad, selected and grown by Ho Guom - Song Am High-Tech Agriculture Company Limited in collaboration with the Agricultural Genetics Institute, and tested in Nguyet An commune, Ngoc Lac district.
2023 is the first year that Ho Guom - Song Am High-Tech Agriculture Company Limited harvests this lychee. The lychees that have just been exported are carefully selected by the company according to the following criteria: thin skin, plump, no worms at the tip, fragrant, sweet, put into the steam sterilization line, then canned for export.
The fact that Ho Guom - Song Am High-Tech Agriculture Company Limited has just exported the first batch of seedless lychee to the Japanese and UK markets is an important milestone for the agricultural sector of Thanh Hoa province.
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| Harvesting seedless lychee in Nguyet An commune, Ngoc Lac district |
According to the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), it is estimated that the export value of Vietnam's fruits and vegetables in May 2023 reached 600 million USD, an increase of 53.3% compared to April 2023 and an increase of 137.7% compared to May 2022. In the first 5 months of 2023, the export value of fruits and vegetables is estimated at 1.97 billion USD, an increase of 39% over the same period in 2022.
While many agricultural products show signs of declining exports, the fruit and vegetable industry alone continues to record positive export growth. Most types of exported fruits and vegetables recorded good growth rates in the first 5 months of 2023.
Of which, durian has the strongest growth, followed by dragon fruit, banana, mango, jackfruit... In addition, there are watermelon and lychee. In terms of market structure, China is still the number 1 import market, accounting for nearly 59% of the market share, second is the United States, followed by Korea, Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand, Taiwan...
Notably, after Vietnam and China signed the Protocol on official durian export, durian exports to the Chinese market have been boosted.
Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen - General Secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association - assessed that expanding the shipping channel by sea and rail will help reduce congestion at border gates when agricultural products and fruits are in season. With the current growth in fruit and vegetable exports, it is forecasted that in 2023, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable export turnover will increase by 20 - 30% compared to 2022.
Experts assess that the official export of Dong Nai durian, Thanh Hoa seedless lychee or the opening of a new transport channel for Bac Giang lychee has opened an important turning point for agricultural products of provinces and cities. Diversifying markets, innovating consumption methods, and diversifying transportation methods help Vietnamese agricultural products confidently export abroad, contributing to the transformation of the agricultural economic structure, bringing benefits to farmers.
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