Vietnam: Foreign cherries massively enter Ho Chi Minh City at cheap prices

Ms. Oanh, the owner of a fruit shop on Phan Dang Luu Street (Binh Thanh), said that over the past week, cherry has been in season, so goods have been imported massively. Every week, she imports about 5 quintals, an increase of 50% over the same period last year. "This year, the price of cherry has decreased by 5-10% compared to last year. Each kilogram of cherry imported from the US is about 500,000 VND", Ms. Oanh said. Meanwhile, Ms. Lan, a fruit shop owner in Tan Binh district, specializing in importing Australian and New Zealand goods, said that every year, the cherry price is 600,000-800,000 VND per kg, now it is about 350,000-550,000 VND per kg (depending on the type). ). "There has never been a time when cherries were back in large quantities and cheap like this year. If before, there were only Australian and American goods, now there are all kinds of them," said Ms. Lan. In addition, Chilean cherries are also being strongly imported into Vietnam with a retail price of ...