Song Ma longan - Illustrative photo (Photo: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn)Hanoi (VNA) - The northern province of Son La will export Song Malongan to the United States for the first time in the next few days.
Nguyen Dinh Tung, general director of Vina T&T Import Export ServiceTrading Company Ltd., said his company had worked with the provincial Departmentof Industry and Trade and the plantation areas, and had completed the packagingprocess to transfer the juicy fruit to Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.
From Hanoi, the lot will be flown to HCM City for radiation, and then shippedto the US.
Song Ma longan is a sweet-tasting fruit with a thick, juicy pulp and small seedplanted on the hills and mountains of the province’s Song Ma district. It hasdistinct taste and quality compared to other types of longan in the country, Tungadded.
The first time shipment of Song Ma longan to the US is to introduce the productto the market. If consumers enjoy the fruit, the company will continue theexport, he said.
Around 32,000 households in Son La province grow longan on over 5,000 hectaresof land and produce a yield of 40,000 tonnes of longan per year. It is not onlyconsumed fresh, but a large quantity of longan is also processed and dried,mainly serving the northern market as well as exported to China.
Last year, Vietnam earned 2.4 billion USD from the export of fruits andvegetables, of which 6 million USD came from Vina T&T.
As the market shows positive signs, the company aims to earn 12 million USDthis year, double its 2016 figures. In the first seven months of 2017, thecompany has already earned 8 million USD.
As per the latest figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Vietnam earned 360 million USD through the export of fruits andvegetables in July, taking it to 2.03 billion USD in the first seven months ofthis year, an increase of 48.9 percent compared to the same period last year.-VNA
Nguyen Dinh Tung, general director of Vina T&T Import Export ServiceTrading Company Ltd., said his company had worked with the provincial Departmentof Industry and Trade and the plantation areas, and had completed the packagingprocess to transfer the juicy fruit to Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport.
From Hanoi, the lot will be flown to HCM City for radiation, and then shippedto the US.
Song Ma longan is a sweet-tasting fruit with a thick, juicy pulp and small seedplanted on the hills and mountains of the province’s Song Ma district. It hasdistinct taste and quality compared to other types of longan in the country, Tungadded.
The first time shipment of Song Ma longan to the US is to introduce the productto the market. If consumers enjoy the fruit, the company will continue theexport, he said.
Around 32,000 households in Son La province grow longan on over 5,000 hectaresof land and produce a yield of 40,000 tonnes of longan per year. It is not onlyconsumed fresh, but a large quantity of longan is also processed and dried,mainly serving the northern market as well as exported to China.
Last year, Vietnam earned 2.4 billion USD from the export of fruits andvegetables, of which 6 million USD came from Vina T&T.
As the market shows positive signs, the company aims to earn 12 million USDthis year, double its 2016 figures. In the first seven months of 2017, thecompany has already earned 8 million USD.
As per the latest figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment, Vietnam earned 360 million USD through the export of fruits andvegetables in July, taking it to 2.03 billion USD in the first seven months ofthis year, an increase of 48.9 percent compared to the same period last year.-VNA
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