Thai mangosteen is twice as expensive as Vietnamese products

Tropical fruit is already in season. In the South, mangosteen is also about to bloom, but a survey in Ho Chi Minh City shows that most fruit shops display Thai mangosteen at expensive prices. At the store on Hai Ba Trung (District 1), Nguyen Thi Minh Khai (District 3), grade 1 mangosteen is labeled as of Thai origin, priced at 195,000 VND per kg. According to the evaluation of small traders at the traditional market, the selling price of Thai mangosteen at the beginning of the season is the highest in the past 5 years. Every year, grade 1 Thai mangosteen is only 80,000-100,000 VND per kg, type 2 is 40,000-60,000 VND. This price is also twice as expensive as Vietnamese mangosteen. A survey at a fruit shop in Go Vap district, Binh Thanh showed that a kilogram of Lai Thieu mangosteen sold for 95,000 VND, Dong Nai mangosteen about 85,000 VND. There are almost no Vietnamese mangosteen in traditional markets. Thai mangosteen is expensive, but many small traders say it is still "easy to ...