Durian exports to China continue to increase sharply compared to last year. Photo: Manh Khuong
“It has only been 9 months, but 2.5 billion USD is a record amount for the durian industry, and also a record number for an exported fruit and vegetable,” he emphasized. Of which, the export turnover to the Chinese market alone is estimated at 2.3 billion USD. According to Mr. Nguyen, Vietnam's durian exports this year will certainly exceed the 3 billion USD mark. Because October is the harvest season for this fruit in large-scale growing areas such as Gia Lai and Lam Dong. Off-season durian in the Western provinces will also be harvested in the last months of this year. This is also the time when competitors such as Thailand and Malaysia have finished their harvest season, so the price of Vietnamese durian will be very high. Currently, the price of durian in growing areas purchased at the garden ranges from 42,000-95,000 VND/kg depending on the type. This price helps farmers earn very high profits from this billion-dollar fruit. The director of a durian exporting enterprise in Dak Lak said that this year's durian price is not as high as last year but is more stable. This makes it much easier for the enterprise to purchase durian to pay for export orders. This year, the enterprise plans to export about 500 containers of fresh durian to the Chinese market. Currently, the enterprise is focusing on purchasing goods to meet the needs of its partners. Vietnamese durian is highly appreciated for its quality compared to Thai goods, and its prices are also more competitive. Thanks to that, the amount of exported durian has increased and there is still much room for development in the Chinese market, the director said.
Durian export turnover is expected to exceed 3 billion USD this year. Photo: Manh Khuong
Regarding the export of frozen durian, the leader of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association said: "Enterprises are completing procedures to apply for approval of growing area codes and packaging facilities to export this product to the Chinese market." With the current progress, Mr. Nguyen expects to export the first batches of frozen durian to the billion-people market this November. Vietnam ranks third in the world in terms of durian area and output (nearly 1.2 million tons) after Indonesia (1.8 million tons), Thailand (more than 2.32 million tons) as of 2023. Mr. Nguyen Quang Hieu - Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) - said that each year China imports fresh durian worth 7 billion USD and this figure is expected to exceed 10 billion USD in the next few years. In addition, China also spends 1 billion USD on frozen durian and is expected to increase rapidly over the years. Notably, our country has officially exported fresh durian to China since mid-2022. Last August, Vietnam and China signed a protocol on exporting frozen durian to this market of more than 1.4 billion people. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development also calculated that frozen durian exports could reach a turnover of 400-500 million USD in 2024 - the first year after signing the protocol and will be included in the list of agricultural products exported worth billions of USD in 2025.Vietnamnet.vn
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