Vietnam: The giant red mango is in season, the price has dropped dramatically by 10 thousand / kg

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Vietnam

Published May 25, 2021

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These days, Ms. Thu in Nguyen Van Huyen, Cau Giay, Hanoi often posts on online sales groups calling for the rescue of exported Australian mangoes. According to Ms. Thu, Australian mangoes are grown a lot by households in Khanh Hoa. If last year, this time the price of Australian mango was always at 40,000-50,000 VND/kg, this year, the price of this mango dropped sharply to only 10,000 VND/kg. “Last year, affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, the price of Australian mangoes was still 20,000 VND/kg, the smaller ones were 15,000 VND/kg.

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But this year, the large size that is usually "exported to China" can only be sold at 10,000 VND/kg," said Thu. This small trader shared that the reason why the price of Australian mangoes fell so sharply was due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. Because it cannot be exported, it must be consumed in the domestic market. Due to competition with many other mangoes, there are many delicious fruits in the right season such as plums, pineapples, melons, and watermelons, so consumption is slow. Therefore, Australian mango growers are forced to reduce prices sharply to sell quickly. “My uncle's family grows mangoes in Cam Lam, Khanh Hoa and is very worried because Australian mangoes have never dropped in price as dramatically as they do now. In previous years, this large, beautiful and fragrant mango was very popular with consumers in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong... But since the epidemic, it could not be exported. The consumption of mango juice is slow in the domestic ...

Source: Industry and Consumption Newspaper