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Lychee prices hit record high at season end
BAC GIANG - At this time, farmers in Luc Ngan district (Bac Giang province) are harvesting the remaining lychee. This year's lychee yield is low so traders directly visit each garden to buy the special fruit at high prices.
According to the Luc Ngan district Division of Economics and Infrastructure, the local farmers have basically finished harvesting the main lychee crop. Only some communes growing lychees on the pass such as: Ho Dap, Son Hai, Deo Gia... still have few quantity left.
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The farmer in Phi Dien commune (Luc Ngan district) harvests lychees. |
Because the left quantity of lychee is still small, traders go to the garden to buy it at record high prices, ranging from 90-100,000 VND (3.82 – 4.24 USD) per kg. Luc Ngan's average lychee price for the whole crop is estimated at 80,000 VND/kg.
The Department of Industry and Trade said due to adverse weather, the province's lychee output reached about 100,000 tonnes, equal to 50% of last year productivity.
However, the price of lychee from the first days of the season highly increased, with an average price hitting over 56,000 VND/kg for the whole season, the highest ever.
So far, Bac Giang has consumed more than 85,700 tonnes of lychees, including over 47,600 tonnes of early ripening lychee and the rest of main season fruit.
The province's lychee is consumed favorably both in the domestic and export markets. Bac Giang exported more than 24,700 tonnes of lychees, accounting for more than 28.9% of total consumption. The domestic consumption output reached more than 60,900 tonnes, accounting for more than 71%.
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An event to promote lychees from Vietnam was held by Central Retail at Central World in Bangkok, Thailand on June 21.
BAC GIANG - Every year, in May and June, Bac Giang is bustling with lychee harvests. This year, although the yield is not as high as in previous seasons, there are still many orchards laden with fruit. Grasping this opportunity, tourists from near and far have visited lychee orchards. They could not help but admire the beauty and sweetness of this famous fruit.
BAC GIANG - In the lychee season, along National Highway 31, the section from Kim street in Phuong Son commune to Bien Dong commune (Luc Ngan district), there are more than 10 lychee purchasing points named "Bang Thuy".
BAC GIANG - Fresh lychees from Luc Ngan district, the northern province of Bac Giang, continue to be sold at the supermarket chain of Gourmet Market and shopping malls belonging to Thailand’s The Mall Group this year. This is the second year in a row, the Bac Giang lychees have been sold at major supermarkets in Bangkok.
BAC GIANG – Though many lychee gardens in Bac Giang province saw a crop failure this year, the family of Diep Thi Senh in Trai 1 village, Phuong Son commune (Luc Ngan district) still earns high income. In particular, the lychee trees have been planted since 1992 but never failed.
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