Vietnam increases fresh lychee exports to Japan

Published 2024년 5월 31일

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AEON Group, a Japanese retail company, has been importing fresh lychees from Thanh Ha County, Vietnam, for the past five years and plans to increase its import by 120% in 2024, reaching about 30 tons. The company is satisfied with the quality of the Vietnamese lychees and the planting process, which adheres to Global Gap standards. Other Vietnamese producers also plan to meet these standards to cater to high-end markets. Since the start of the lychee season, Honglong Production has exported about 50 tons of lychees to various international markets. Due to adverse weather conditions, the lychee production in Haiyang Province is expected to be around 40,000 to 45,000 tons in 2024.

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For five years, AEON Group has imported fresh lychees from Thanh Ha County. Naoki Matsuda, an expert in fresh agricultural product procurement at AEON Global Procurement, a subsidiary of AEON Group, said: "This is our second time to the Thanh Ha lychee planting area. The lychees are very delicious. We are very satisfied with the quality of the lychees and the planting process in accordance with the Global Gap standards." In 2024, the company expects to export about 30 tons of Vietnamese lychees to Japan, an increase of 120% from 2023. Naoki Matsuda said: "Although this number is not large, we plan to increase the import of Vietnamese lychees through the AEON system in the future." Huang Thi Thuy Ha, executive vice chairman of the Thanh Ha People's Committee, said that Thanh Ha County will increase guidance on lychee planting areas to ensure the best quality of lychees and meet AEON's plan to increase lychee imports in the next few years. Leong Thi Chien, deputy director of the ...

Source: Foodmate