In Vietnam, the export price of bananas is only 5,000 VND/kg

(DN) - Currently, the price of export bananas that businesses and traders buy at gardeners in Dong Nai is only about 5,000 VND/kg, down 10,000 VND/kg compared to mid-2023. The main reason is that some banana growing areas have had their growing area codes revoked, one of the requirements for the product to qualify for official export to the Chinese market. The growing areas and packaging facilities had their codes suspended because the Chinese side discovered harmful organisms in export shipments. Among them, mealybugs are a common pest on banana plants. During the farmers' cultivation process and preliminary processing at the packaging facility, mealybugs have ...