A shipment of 20.4 tons of fresh lychees from the Risheng Litchi Professional Cooperative in Lianjiang City, Zhanjiang, China, has been exported to the United States, marking the beginning of the city's lychee export season for the year. Despite a decrease in flower and fruit setting rates due to cold weather, the overall litchi output in Zhanjiang is expected to remain high. The lychees are first transported to Yantian Port in Shenzhen before being shipped to the US by sea.