Vietnam was the third largest supplier of vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products to Australia in the first 10 months of 2024, reaching 109.68 million USD, up 35.4% over the same period last year.

In the first 10 months of 2024, Australia imported vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products from over 100 countries and territories. The main sources of vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products for this country include: China, New Zealand, Vietnam, the United States, Belgium...

According to the International Trade Center (ITC), Australia's import turnover of vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products from China in the first 10 months of 2024 reached 318.35 million USD, an increase of 24.3% over the same period last year, accounting for 15.18% of the total market share.

Vietnamese and Australian authorities are negotiating the export of Vietnamese grapefruit to Australia.

Next is New Zealand, Australia's imports of vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products from this market in the first 10 months of 2024 reached 248.11 million USD, up 16.4% over the same period last year, accounting for 11.83% of the total turnover.

Vietnam is the third largest supplier of vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products to Australia in the first 10 months of 2024, reaching 109.68 million USD, up 35.4% over the same period last year. The market share of vegetables, tubers, fruits and processed products of Vietnam in Australia's total imports increased from 4.45% in the first 10 months of 2023 to 5.23% in the first 10 months of 2024. From the above analysis, it can be seen that Vietnamese vegetables and fruits are increasingly popular in the Australian market.

Currently, Australia only allows the import of 5 types of fresh fruits from Vietnam: mango, longan, lychee, dragon fruit and passion fruit.

According to the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade), the competent authorities of Vietnam and Australia are negotiating the export of Vietnamese grapefruit to the Australian market. Therefore, Vietnam still has great potential to export fruits and vegetables to Australia in the coming time.

Australia is a market with very strict technical barriers, labeling requirements, and food hygiene and safety, some standards are even higher than those of the United States and the EU. Therefore, to effectively exploit the Australian fruit market, Vietnam needs to strengthen the control of the quality of growing areas, improve the registration system, evaluate the granting of growing area codes, packaging facility codes, preliminary processing and processing codes. At the same time, continue to negotiate to open the market for agricultural products in general and fruits in particular to export to Australia.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia will continue to support Vietnamese companies and enterprises in learning about the market, the trade and investment situation, assessing the potential and investment and business environment in Australia for fruits and vegetables.

In addition, it will also update Australia's new policies and regulations on imported agricultural products. At the same time, it will guide and recommend businesses on solutions to access the market as well as notes for businesses to prevent trade fraud when doing business in Australia.

Source: Nong Nghiep Newspaper