China buys red-fleshed jackfruit at sky-high prices

These days in the West, fruit warehouses continue to buy red-fleshed jackfruit to export to China at sky-high prices. Ms. Nguyen Thi Phi - a jackfruit gardener in Vinh Long said that the garden is mainly Thai jackfruit, with a small proportion of red-fleshed jackfruit. In previous years, type 1 red-fleshed jackfruit was mainly consumed domestically at a price of 40,000-60,000 VND/kg depending on the time. Recently, fruit farmers came to the garden to ask to buy red-fleshed jackfruit to export to China at very high prices. 5 days ago, she sold more than 1 ton of red-fleshed jackfruit. In particular, type 1 jackfruit weighing 8-9kg/fruit costs 100,000 VND/kg, type 2 jackfruit (6-7kg/fruit) costs 85,000 VND/kg. "This is the first time red-fleshed jackfruit in the garden has sold at such a high price." She said and revealed that by selling more than 1 ton of red-fleshed jackfruit, she earned nearly 100 million VND. This morning, the dealer quoted a reduced price. She cut nearly 4 ...