Lychee export value increases 126 per cent this year

Việt Nam gained strong growth in lychee exports this year. Photo vneconomy.vn

HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam gained strong growth in lychee exports and the number of enterprises exporting lychee this year against the figures of last year, according to the General Department of Customs.

In this crop, Vietnamese enterprises exported more than  九 二,000 tonnes of lychee, earning US$ 四0. 八 million. Those figures showed a year-on-year increase of  一 七 二 per cent in volume and  一 二 六 per cent in value.

Of which, the export of fresh lychee reached over  七 五,000 tonnes worth $ 三0. 九 million, accounting for  八 一. 五 per cent of export volume, while dried lychee reached more than  一 七,000 tonnes earning more than $ 九. 九 million.

The department said that in the lychee crop this year, Vietnamese lychee was shipped to  二 七 countries and territories around the world, an increase of eight countries compared to  二0 一 七.

Those markets included China, United Arab Emirates, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Laos, Britain, Bahrain, Malaysia, Turkey, Japan, Netherlands, Thailand, Belgium, US, Norway, Germany, France, Russia, Switzerland, Oman, Sweden, Ireland, Singapore and Cambodia, reported vneconomy.vn.

The exports to China, the largest export market of Vietnamese lychee, reached more than  八 三, 五00 tonnes in volume and $ 三 三. 九 million in value, a year-on-year surge of  一 五 一 per cent in volume and  九 一 per cent in value. The lychee exports to this market accounted for  九0. 七 per cent of Việt Nam’s total lychee exports in this year.

The General Department of Customs also said that the number of enterprises exporting lychee this year has doubled against  二0 一 七. This year,  九 七 enterprises exported lychee, while this figure was  四 四 firms in  二0 一 七.

This year, Vietnamese lychee was registered with export declarations at border gates in Lạng Sơn, Lào Cai and Hà Giang provinces. Lychee was mainly exported by road while a small amount of lychee was exported by air.  - VNS