Government agencies have reported a high number of fruit exports to China, considering it a great achievement of Vietnam’s agriculture. But a significant amount of fruit exports to China are from Thailand.
The latest report of the General Department of Customs (GDC) said that fruit exports in the first six months of the year brought a turnover of $2 billion, an increase of 20 percent over the same period year-on-year.
China alone consumed $1.2 billion worth of products, up 18 percent. The US imported $51 million worth of fruits from Vietnam, up 15 percent, Japan $47 million, South Korea $46.5 million, up 15 percent, and Thailand $26.1 million, up 26 percent. The figures showed China remains the major export market for Vietnam’s fruits, consuming 74.6 percent of Vietnam’s total.
However, the GDC pointed out that Thai fruits have ‘contributed’ to impressive growth in exports. Some Vietnamese enterprises exported Thailand-sourced fruits to China, mostly rambutan, dragon fruit, jackfruit, durian and longan.
According to english.vietnamnet.vn, nearly 100 percent of mangosteen, durian and longan imported to Vietnam have been re-exported to China.
