The first batch of passion fruit has been exported to Australia; the first batch of fresh coconut has been exported to China. The target of 7 billion USD for Vietnamese fruits and vegetables is very close.

Good news continues for Vietnamese fruit

On October 19, Blue Ocean JSC, a member of Ocean Group, officially opened a frozen fruit processing factory in Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province and held a ceremony to export the first batch of passion fruit to the Australian market.

Passion fruit is carefully selected to ensure export standards to the Australian market. Photo: Nhan Dan Newspaper

Mr. Phan Quoc Nam - Sales Director of Blue Ocean JSC - said that with more than 1.5 tons of passion fruit exported to the Australian market this time, Blue Ocean JSC has marked itself as the first Vietnamese company to export passion fruit to the Australian market.

In order for fresh passion fruit to be exported to Australia, it is necessary to establish a growing area, growing area code, and packaging facility code approved by the Plant Protection Department and have inspection and supervision from the partner. At the same time, the production stage must ensure the process, standards, and comply with biosecurity requirements.

Previously, on October 15, a refrigerated truck carrying 2,700 fresh Vietnamese coconuts cleared customs and entered the country smoothly through the Hekou border gate in Yunnan province (China), adjacent to the Lao Cai border gate (Vietnam). This batch of fresh coconuts, weighing 21.6 tons and worth 110,000 yuan (about 15,000 USD), is the first batch of fresh coconuts from Vietnam imported by road into China.

Previously, on October 15, a batch of fresh coconuts from Vietnam, weighing 22.4 tons and worth 98,000 yuan (about 14,000 USD), was transported to the Youyiguan border gate in Pingxiang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and also cleared customs into the Chinese market after being inspected and met requirements. This is the first time fresh coconuts from Vietnam have been cleared through the Guangxi border gate into China after being licensed to open the market by the country's authorities since last August.

The first batches of fresh Vietnamese coconuts exported to the Chinese market all originated from Ben Tre. This is the latest achievement of the two countries in promoting the import and export of high-quality agricultural products, deepening trade cooperation, in order to implement the spirit of the Joint Statements reached between the two sides in recent times.

Customs officers in Hekou, Yunnan, China inspect the first batch of imported fresh coconuts from Vietnam. Photo: Chinanews

According to data from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable export turnover has continuously recorded new record highs. In September 2024, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable export turnover reached 917.25 million USD, up 8.7% over the previous month and 37.6% over the same period last year. In the first 9 months of 2024, our country's fruit and vegetable export turnover reached 5.64 billion USD, up 33.9% over the same period last year.

This is the highest export value ever of Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry. In addition to durian, which has continuously made breakthroughs, bananas, coconuts, dragon fruits and mangoes are items with spectacular growth rates.

Exports likely to exceed target

It is worth mentioning that in the first 9 months of 2024, agricultural production in general faced many difficulties, in which storm No. 3 caused damage to many factories' raw material areas, however, businesses in this industry all recorded an increase in export turnover.

Ms. Ngo Thi Thu Hong - General Director of Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company - shared that due to the impact of storm No. 3, the entire raw material area of ​​the enterprise was lost. Currently, the enterprise is switching to purchasing raw materials in localities not affected by the storm. Therefore, at the end of 9 months, the enterprise's exports still increased by 30% compared to the same period last year.

As an enterprise exporting fruit to major markets, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Tung - General Director of Vina T&T Company - said that the enterprise's orders are continuous and highly stable. The results are from the business's association with farmers, growing areas and stable sources of goods, so when facing difficulties, Vina T&T can still ensure supply.

Last August, the US Department of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development completed the technical negotiation process, moving on to implementing legal procedures to allow the import of Vietnamese passion fruit. Thus, with the US market, Vietnam has been allowed to export 8 types of fruit including dragon fruit, mango, longan, lychee, rambutan, star apple, grapefruit, coconut and soon passion fruit.

After efforts to negotiate, open the market, and close coordination between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture of Australia, up to now, with the Australian market, Vietnam has been allowed to officially export mango, longan, lychee, dragon fruit and passion fruit.

With the Chinese market, Vietnam has officially exported 12 types of fruit including: durian, dragon fruit, banana, mango, jackfruit, lychee, longan, rambutan, mangosteen, star apple, coconut, passion fruit.

Mr. Hoang Trung - Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development - emphasized that we need to approach every opportunity to expand the market. Accordingly, for markets that have been opened, we need to maintain and expand market share there. At the same time, speed up the market opening for some types of fruit that Vietnam has an export advantage.

According to Deputy Minister Hoang Trung, when fruits have entered the US market, we are not afraid of any market. Currently, other markets such as China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan (China), New Zealand, Australia, EU... have demand for any product, we can meet it.

Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports are forecast to continue to grow in the last months of the year due to seasonal factors. In addition, Vietnam's fruit and vegetables are increasingly asserting their position in markets such as the United States, China, Korea, etc. In particular, Chinese consumers increasingly favor Vietnamese durian, banana, lychee, longan, jackfruit, mango, and watermelon, thanks to the quality and unique flavor of tropical fruits.

Source: Cong Thuong Newspaper