President of the Binh Thuan Dragon Fruit Association Bui Dang Hung on
October 5 said only radiated or heat-treated dragon fruit was acceptable
for export to the two markets.
Also, dragon fruit
farms had to be checked and granted licences by the two countries’ plant
protection departments under the ministries of agriculture if they
wanted to export their products, he said.
Currently, businesses in the southern province of Binh Thuan are
engaging in the process of receiving licences from Chile and the RoK,
Hung added.
Early this month, out-of-season dragon
fruits in Binh Thuan province have been shipped to China at a high price
of 8,000 VND per kg.
A seminar is scheduled to
take place in the northern province of Lang Son to help Chinese and
Vietnamese businesses deal with difficulties when exporting dragon
fruits to China in small volumes.
Binh Thuan has
12,300 ha of dragon fruit trees, of which 2,100 ha have been grown under
VietGAP standards. The province’s main export market is Asian nations,
especially China, with 70 percent of market share, followed by the US
and European countries./.
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