Germany, the UK, and the US consume more Vietnamese dragon fruit

Vietnamese dragon fruit exports to the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany skyrocketed by between 100% and 266% in the first four months of the year compared to the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs. Specifically, exports to Germany and the UK saw a rise of more than 2.3 fold to reach US$786,000 and over US$1 million in value, respectively. Meanwhile, exports to the US and Indian markets also surged by over 102% and 33% to US$13 million and US$16.5 million, respectively. Statistics indicate that Vietnam earned US$230 million from exporting dragon fruit in the four-month period, down 7.5% year on year. Experts attributed this decline to the fact that dragon fruit exports to China, Vietnam’s main export market, continued to drop 19.3% to only US$162 million. Elsewhere, markets such as Hong Kong (China) and Japan also reduced imports of dragon fruit from Vietnam, representing a fall of between 0.6% and 7.5%. Dang Phuc Nguyen, ...