Businesses and agencies sign a memorandum of understanding on lychee export cooperation at the teleconference on March 29. (Photo: VNA)The event was connected with theVietnamese Embassy and Trade Office in the US, along with many domestic andforeign businesses and trade centres.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Phan The Tuan said the Bac Giang lychee has become a famous brandboth at home and abroad, and its trademark and geographical indication have been protected in eight countries (China, the US, Japan, Australia, the Republic ofKorea, Singapore, Laos, and Cambodia). The fruit has been exported to more than 30countries and territories.
Thanks to favourable weather, this year’slychee output is estimated at over 160,000 tonnes, with around 1,600 tonnesexpected to be shipped to the US, Australia, and the EU. The early-ripeningfruit is set to be harvested from May 15 while the main harvest season will be from June10 to July 30.
Tuannoted Bac Giang attaches importance to both domestic and foreign markets,adding that it views the US as a potential market with large purchasing powerbut also strict food safety requirements.
He expressed his hope that theVietnamese Embassy will help connect US importers withVietnamese lychee traders to cooperate in trading lychee, both fresh and processed ones,as well as other strong agricultural products of Bac Giang.
Vice Ambassador of Vietnam to the US and Minister Counsellor Hoang Thi ThanhNga affirmed that the embassy willprovide maximum support to introduce the province’s potential and advantages toUS partners.
Meanwhile,the Vietnamese Entrepreneurs Association in the US said joint efforts among theadministration, businesses, and transport firms, including airlines, arenecessary for lychee export to the US.
Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Le Anh Duong said in 2021, Bac Giang exported over 2 billion USDworth of goods to the US and become the main supplier of several electroniccomponents for some major US businesses. Meanwhile, many fruits from theUS have long been present in the province such as apple, grape, and strawberry.
In the time ahead, the province will continue to develop high-quality and organic agriculture so as to foster export, hewent on, pointing out that 40 - 50 percent of the local lychee output has beenshipped abroad, but the majority is fresh fruit while processed products remainmodest.
Given this, it will attract investmentto lychee processing and upgrade production technology in order to step up the overseasshipment of processed products, Duong noted.
On this occasion, lychee trading businesses andrelevant agencies signed memoranda on cooperation in lychee export to the US./.
VNA
