Lychee is famous worldwide: Massively exported to the US

Especially in the US, Japan, UK markets... lychee is sometimes sold for up to 800,000 VND/kg.

In mid-June, lychees are bright red in the gardens and hills in Hai Duong, Bac Giang, Hung Yen... With an estimated national output of about 370 thousand tons, lychees are carried by trucks and containers across the country to market alleys and supermarket shelves; lychees are also taken by plane and ship to many countries and territories around the world.

On June 20, the first batch of fresh lychees of the 2023 crop from Bac Giang province arrived in Houston (USA) by air. Immediately after that, fresh Vietnamese lychees were sold simultaneously at many of the largest supermarkets and Asian markets in Houston, Texas (USA), including major supermarkets such as: Hong Kong, Tan Binh, Viet Hoa, Linda's Tropical Fruits, Ca Mau,...

The retail price for customers is $14-15 per pound (equivalent to about 780,000 VND per kg); or $140 for an 11-pound (5kg) package, equivalent to 3.2 million VND (640,000 VND/kg).

Lychee is famous worldwide: Massively exported to the US - Japan, price 800,000 VND/kg - 1 — Vietnamese lychees are famous worldwide and favored by consumers around the world (Photo: Tam An)

Previously, Vietnamese lychees were exported to the US as frozen goods. Since 2020, the Vietnam Trade Office in the US has recognized the demand for fresh lychees and connected importers and exporters of the two countries to work with the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to learn about the process of exporting fresh lychees.

At the end of May, the leader of the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that APHIS has recognized another factory qualified to irradiate fresh Vietnamese fruit for export to the US, creating favorable conditions for fresh Vietnamese lychees to enter this market.

Ms. Jolie Nguyen, CEO of LNS International Corporation (the lychee importer), said that LNS will continue to coordinate with import, distribution, and transportation partners to bring Vietnamese agricultural products (including fresh lychees) to many states in the US this month. This will encourage American consumers and enhance the reputation of Vietnamese businesses worldwide.

In early June, a batch of Vietnamese hong lychee was also imported into the UK by TT Meridian Company, becoming the first batch of Vietnamese lychee officially exported to the UK this year.

Compared to similar products as well as other imported fruits, Vietnamese lychees have a quite high selling price in the UK, 15 pounds/kg, equivalent to 435,000 VND.

In mid-June, Ho Guom - Song Am High-Tech Agriculture Company Limited (Ho Guom Group) exported seedless lychees to the Japanese and British markets. According to a survey, in the Japanese market, seedless lychees are being sold at 4,500-5,000 Yen/kg (750,000-840,000 VND/kg).

Lychee is famous worldwide: Massively exported to the US - Japan, price 800,000 VND/kg - 2 — The price of Vietnamese lychees exported to high-end markets ranges from 400,000-840,000 VND/kg (Photo: LNS)

Mr. Huynh Tan Dat, Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Department, informed that 17 shipments, with a total weight of over 82 tons of lychee, have been certified as eligible for export to Japan.

The retail price of lychee at Japanese supermarkets is 400,000-550,000 VND/kg.

Previously, on June 15, the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan coordinated with a number of businesses to bring nearly 30 businessmen and representatives of Japanese businesses to Hai Duong and Bac Giang to survey lychee growing areas and plan for purchasing and exporting.

Mr. Nguyen Khac Tien, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company, also said that the company is busy preparing lychee export orders to Japan, Germany, the UK, the Middle East, etc. In the Japanese market, this year, the company expects to export an increase of about 30-50% of lychee compared to the same period last year. In addition, durian exports to Japan also grew well.

Lychee exports to Japan in 2023 will grow positively, businesses will have more orders than in previous years, Mr. Huynh Tan Dat predicted.

In 2022, in addition to serving domestic consumption, Vietnamese lychees will also be exported to the traditional Chinese market and more than 30 countries and territories around the world, meeting the needs of the most high-end markets. Thanks to that, lychee farmers in our country will earn nearly ten thousand billion VND. Vietnamese lychees will also escape the "good harvest, low price" refrain.

(Source: Vietnamnet)

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