Thailand spends huge sums to increase purchases of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables

Published Jul 25, 2024

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In an interview with the Vietnam Youth Daily, Deng Fuyuan, Secretary General of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, discussed how Thailand, despite being a leading agricultural country and competitor, is a significant importer of Vietnamese agricultural products, especially frozen durian. This is due to Thailand's short durian harvest season and drought conditions affecting its crop quality and quantity. Consequently, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports to Thailand are higher than to other ASEAN countries, making Thailand Vietnam's fourth largest fruit and vegetable import market, with China remaining the top market for Vietnamese exports.

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In an interview with the Vietnam Youth Daily on July 22, Deng Fuyuan, Secretary General of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, said that Thailand is not only a world-leading agricultural country, but also a competitor of Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports. Currently, Thailand is spending a huge amount of money to purchase Vietnamese agricultural products. Secretary General Deng Fuyuan said that the first place is frozen durian, not fresh durian, because Thailand has very strict plant quarantine supervision and is worried that buying fresh whole durian will carry pathogens. Next, the country buys dragon fruit, longan and Vietnamese lychee. Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports to Thailand are currently higher than Vietnam's total fruit and vegetable exports to all other ASEAN countries. Secretary General Deng Fuyuan explained why Thailand Thailand is the main exporter, but when it spent money to purchase Vietnamese durian, it said that durian is a product that ...

Source: Foodmate