Vietnamese dragon fruit swims against the current, sets record of nearly 5 billion USD in China

China is the largest traditional export market for Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry. However, China's tightening of controls on the substances O and cadmium in longans has caused a sharp decline in the export turnover of fruits to this market. Statistics from the Customs Department show that the export turnover of fruits to the Chinese market recorded five consecutive months of negative growth compared to the same months of 2024. Specifically, January saw a decrease of 43.1%, February a decrease of 32.1%, and March, April, and May saw decreases of 16.7%, 35.5%, and 39.7%, respectively. Cumulatively in the first five months of 2025, fruit exports to the market of over 1.4 billion people reached only 1.1 billion USD, a sharp decrease of 35.3% compared to the same period last year. Accordingly, China accounted for only 47.8% of the total export turnover of the country's fruit industry. In reality, in the early months of the year, some businesses had to temporarily halt the ...