Meanwhile, Vietnam holds the second position in the Chinese market.

According to the Chinese Customs Agency, in the first nine months of this year, the country spent 6.146 trillion USD on the import of 1.513 million tons of longans, a 9% increase in volume and a 0.9% decrease in value compared to the same period in 2024. China continues to buy the most longans from Thailand with 892 thousand tons, worth 3.841 trillion USD. Following Thailand is Vietnam with 620 thousand tons, worth 2.29 trillion USD. In addition to Thailand and Vietnam, China also buys a small amount of longans from Malaysia (729 tons, 11 million USD), the Philippines (743 tons, over 2 million USD), and Cambodia (128 tons, 363 thousand USD). Thus, Thailand and Vietnam still account for almost the entire market share of longan imports to China, as the total amount of longan imports from the remaining three countries is very modest. Mr. Dang Phuc Nguyen, Secretary General of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, said that statistics from the Vietnam Customs show that in the ...