More than 100 Chinese merchants come to Luc Ngan to buy lychee

According to the People’s Committee of Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province, on May 20, the district will welcome about 103 Chinese traders to survey, sign and purchase. lychee. These traders have been approved by the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security to enter Vietnam to enter Vietnam agricultural product consumption.

This year, along with strengthening control over the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese market is more demanding on the quality of lychee.

In order to ensure the quality of lychee for export, Luc Ngan district, together with relevant agencies, regularly directs and supervises planting area codes to ensure export standards to traditional markets as well as new markets.

China is still the main export market of Bac Giang lychee. Illustration – Photo: Labor.

Bac Giang province estimates that this year’s lychee production is about 180,000 tons, harvested during May 20 – July 20. China is still the main export market of Bac Giang lychee. This year, the output of the growing area for export to this market is about 95,000 tons. This province also maintains 300 packaging facilities to meet the export demand to this market of 1 billion people.

Last year, the COVID-19 epidemic was complicated, but there were still nearly 200 Chinese traders allowed to enter Vietnam to buy Bac Giang lychees. However, due to the impact of the epidemic and having to strictly comply with epidemic prevention and control measures, the number of Chinese traders who were granted visas to buy Bac Giang lychees in the past two years has halved compared to before.

However, the output of lychee exported to China in 2021 will still reach about 85,000 tons, accounting for over 94% of Bac Giang’s lychee exports. Total revenue from consuming more than 210,000 tons of lychee and ancillary services last year was more than VND 6,800 billion.

Promotion of lychee exports to the US

VTV.vn – It is expected that the lychee production of Bac Giang province in 2022 will reach over 160,000 tons, of which 218 hectares are planted to be exported to the US, Australia and EU markets.

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