Vietnamese pomelos in the scarcest season, some are twice as expensive

Published 2023년 5월 11일

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The price of green-skinned pomelo in Hanoi, Vietnam has significantly increased, with one fruit now costing between 55,000 VND and 70,000 VND, depending on the weight. This is due to scarce supply and high demand for exports. The high price is affecting sales, with customers buying smaller quantities. The Department of Crop Production estimates the total pomelo output in 2023 to be 1.1 million tons, but the second quarter will see the lowest output of about 90,000 tons, concentrated in the southern region. Some pomelo exports to the US and China are contributing to the price increase.
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A month ago, Ms. Ha Thi Chau in Dinh Cong (Hoang Mai, Hanoi) bought green-skinned grapefruit for only 25,000 VND/fruit weighing 1.2-1.3 kg/fruit. At that time, she bought a bag of 20 fruits at a store near her house to eat gradually. This number of pomelos ran out 3 days ago, so now I'm going to buy another bag of pomelos. When the store announced the amount to pay, she was startled by the same weight but the price had increased to 55,000 VND/fruit, twice as much as before. “Twenty pomelos cost 1.1 million dong. This specialty is no longer cheap but becomes expensive,” she said. But in return, the bag of pomelos she bought this time are very old, they will taste better. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Ms. Nguyen Thi Luyen, manager of a fruit shop in Dong Da (Hanoi), admitted that the price of green-skinned pomelo has increased sharply recently. As the batch of green-skinned pomelos arrived yesterday, there are two types, in which Vip size products weighing 1.3-1.5 kg/fruit cost 70,000 ...

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