Mangosteen in season, “eats off” Thai goods

11/05/2022 14:40 GMT+7

In recent days, mangosteen appears in Ho Chi Minh City market more because there are more sources of goods from the western provinces. In addition, mangosteen from the Eastern provinces (Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Dong Nai) and the Central Highlands (Dak Lak, Lam Dong) flocked quite a lot. While 1 month ago, the market was flooded with Thai mangosteen because the country entered the crop earlier.

As at the Farmers Market store system, currently only selling Vietnamese mangosteen for 119,000 VND/kg (type 1). This is also one of the best-selling fruits at this system with an output of about 100 kg/day. Therefore, Farmers Market has stopped selling Thai mangosteen even though the supply is still available.

“We sold mangosteen in Thailand 1 month ago at a rather high price. Now we only sell Vietnamese mangosteen because it is fresher, while Thai products are less fresh because they have to be transported long distances and take time. “- Mr. Vo Thanh Loc, Marketing director of Farmers, Market store system explained.

Mangosteen at the beginning of the season sells very well

As for the MP store (Tran Hung Dao street, District 1), the price of Thai mangosteen is listed at 120,000 VND/kg, but the staff reports out of stock, the store only has Bao Loc mangosteen (Lam Dong) with the price of 120,000 VND/kg. price 150,000 VND/kg.

Freshly picked domestic mangosteen has a green color, fresher than imported goods

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son, who specializes in selling fruit online, said that this year mangosteen was in good season, with more goods than last year. “Western mangosteen has just arrived, the wholesale price of grade 1 is about 65,000 VND/kg, grade 2 is less than 10,000 VND/kg. New arrivals at the beginning of the season, little rain, very good quality, easy consumption” – Mr. Son commented.

Thai mangosteen sold at wholesale market

Meanwhile, a representative of the Thu Duc wholesale market management company (HCMC) said that mangosteen has been on the wholesale market for nearly 2 weeks now, mainly from Thailand, with an output of 15 tons/day.

Goods from the wholesale market are then distributed to retail markets and are often sold as domestic fruits, making it difficult for consumers to distinguish between Thai and Vietnamese mangosteen because their designs are quite similar. together.

According to industry insiders, some tropical fruits such as mangosteen, Thai rambutan are harvested earlier than Vietnam, so they “skimmed” the market, have high prices but will quickly be “underdog” when the goods are sold. Vietnam in season, the price is more pleasant.

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