This year, the export of fresh lychee to Japan, the US, Australia, Singapore and the Republic of Korea was quite favorable as the product had guaranteed quality and quantity, with increased consumption and good prices.

Lychee is on sale at an AEON supermarket in Tokyo.

On June 21, the enterprise responsible for the export of lychee to Japan, said that two tonnes of Luc Ngan lychee exported to the country of cherry blossoms for the first time were sold out at high prices after only a few hours of being put on the shelf. The lychee was preferred and appreaciated by Japanese consumers for quality and appearance.

After a good start, the whole province has to date shipped 20 tonnes of lychee to Japan by sea and by air. Tens of tonnes of Luc Ngan lychee have also been exported to the US, Australia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Canada. The successful access to these high-end markets has raised the position of the product, opening up opportunities for lychee to reach new markets.

To help the product go through the "barrier" to enter foreign markets, the technical processes and measures from production to packaging have been applied synchronously. In particular, the caring stage has been supervised closely in line with requirements. In particular, the harvest took place in the cool weather before the sun rises, so the fruits were uniform, with 30-40 fruits per kg.

Hoang Ngoc Thanh in Lam village, Nam Duong commune (Luc Ngan district) - one of the households involved in producing lychee exported to Japan, said: “My family has more than one hectare of lychee granted growing area code. The entire area is cared according to the GlobalGAP process. So far, my family has sold 500kg of lychee to businesses to export to Japan for 30,000 VND per kg. It is expected that in the next few days, my garden will continue to sell another 500kg”.

Many households growing lychee in Ho Dap, Giap Son, Thanh Hai, Tan Son communes have shared this joy.

Besides guaranteed quality, the packaging of the product is also very important. If this stage is not done well, the goods cannot be cleared. Therefore, the province’s specialized agency coordinated with units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to complete a post-harvest lychee packaging and preservation line at the Global Export and Import Foodstuff Joint Stock Company, based in Phuong Son commune (Luc Ngan district).

After many trial runs, the line has been accepted by Japanese experts, meeting steaming and sterilization standards and other requirements for agricultural products to be xported to the country.

Do Hoang Phuong, Director of the Global Export and Import Foodstuff Joint Stock Company, said that in the past three weeks, the company's production line has regularly operated to proccess the amount of lychee shipped to the Japanese market. From the beginning of the crop to June 27, Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company and Chanh Thu Import-Export Co., Ltd processed about 50 tonnes of fresh lychee for export here.

This season, the whole province has been granted 19 lychee growing area codes to export lychee to Japan with an area of 103 ha. It is expected that about 600 tonnes of lychee will be exported to this high-end market.

Tran Quang Tan, Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, said that according to the plan, from now until the end of the crop, the Japanese side will consume about 100 tonnes of lychee while the US, Australia, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and Canada around 200 tonnes. The quantity of lychee expected to be sold to demanding markets is still small compared to the total output of growing areas per crop. However, this affirms that the quality and brand of the product have been promoted to a new level.

Vibrant lychee season in Bac Giang

(BGO) – Bac Giang now has about 28,000 ha of lychee cultivation, mostly in 5 districts of Luc Ngan, Luc Nam, Lang Giang, Tan Yen and Yen The, 15,000 ha of which are VietGAP lychee (accounting for 53 percent of the total area in the province).

Luc Ngan lychee is sold at high price in Japan

(BGO) – According to the Center of Industrial Encouragement and Trade Promotion (Department of Industry and Trade in Bac Giang province), the enterprises exporting Vietnamese fresh lychee to Japan has informed that Luc Ngan lychee was sold out after few hours at the supermarket chains in Tokyo capital and Osaka pefecture on the first selling day (June 21).

Lychee farmers enjoy the fruits of their labour

Farmers in Luc Ngan district in the northern province of Bac Giang are at their busiest during lychee season. Join us to find out more about their juicy trade. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Luc Ngan has still received numerous orders to ship lychee abroad. Luc Ngan district is expected to harvest 85,000 tonnes of lychee this year. Alongside the domestic market, China, the US, Japan and Singapore are export destinations.

“Thieu lychee kingdom” looks to conquer demanding markets

Thieu lychee, a specialty fruit of Luc Ngan district in northern Bac Giang province, are expected to soon be readily-found in one of the most choosy markets in the world - Japan - marking a major step in Vietnamese agricultural products reaching out to the globe.

Many businesses continue to export Bac Giang lychee to Japanese market

(BGO) - Many businesses continue to export Bac Giang lychee to Japanese market. The information was revealed by the Bac Giang provincial People's Committee in a press release on the lychee production and export to Japan in 2020.

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