Workers select qualified lychees for export at a factory in Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province (Photo: VNA)Farmers in the province sold more than 215,000 tonnes of Thieulychee this year, up over 50,000 tonnes from the 2020 crop, for an averageprice of 19,800 VND (0.86 USD) per kg.
Of the amount, 126,000 tonnes (58.6 percent) were sold on thedomestic market and more than 89,000 tonnes (41.4 percent) were export. Besidesthe traditional market of China, Bac Giang’s Thieu lychees have also foundtheir way into many other countries such as Japan, the US, Australia, and thosein Southeast Asia, the EU and the Middle East.
Bac Giang plans to keep the area under Thieu lychee stable at28,100 ha in the 2022 crop while expanding the acreage of lychee cultivatedunder VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards as well as the areas with cultivationarea codes for export to the US, Japan and China.
The province will continue to encourage the application of advanced cultivationtechniques for better fruit quality and higher value, towards increasing exportof the local specialty fruit./.
VNA
