Also because of high domestic prices, many exotic fruits are imported to serve consumption. Causes of fruit shortage are mainly due to weather and farmers actively reduce production due to worries about difficult consumption as in previous years.
Any fruit is expensive
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (residing in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City), but every year in the summer, the fruit is full of markets, she even "eats fruits instead of rice". "Nearly a month ago, buying ripe egg eggs at VND 40,000 / kg, now up to VND 60,000 / kg, and lychee up to VND 80,000 / kg. Rambutan, berries outside the market are very rare, costing more than VND 50,000 / kg. ... "- Ms. Hong cited.
Small businesses in Ho Chi Minh City markets such as Ba Chieu market, Thi Nghe market, Tin market, Thai Binh market ... all accept this year’s price increase. There are types of price increases from 50% -100% because the supply is not plentiful as before, such as the price of green pomelos up to 80,000-90,000 VND / kg (few months ago only about 50,000-60,000 VND / kg), pomelo Nam Roi 60,000-70,000 VND / kg, dragon fruit up to 50,000 VND / kg, mangosteen 90,000-100,000 VND / kg, label 60,000 VND / kg, tangerine 60,000 VND / kg, rambutan 50,000-60,000 VND / kg ...
Mr. Nguyen Tan Quang - a trader buying fruits in Cai Be, Tien Giang province - said that in recent months, the Chinese side "eat" Vietnamese fruits quite strongly. Previously, traders only collected fruits and brought them to wholesale markets in Ho Chi Minh City, but now mainly buy fruits for big drivers to transport containers by truck to the North and then to Central. National consumption. According to Mr. Quang, the fruit crop this year is not favorable, the output decreased significantly compared to last year, so the purchasing price from gardeners has increased by several tens of percent. In particular, items strewn, dragon fruit, mangosteen, labels ordered by Chinese partners most.
Due to the high price of domestic fruits, many trolleys in Ho Chi Minh City instead of selling plums, litchi, rambutan, dragon fruits ... have been converted into apples and pears imported because of the ease of selling because of cheaper prices. In the area of Hoa Binh market (District 5), the types of American and Korean apples cost only VND 40,000 / kg. This price makes many consumers suspect Chinese fruit. However, according to enterprises specializing in importing fruits, at many times, the price of fruits imported from the US, France, South Korea, and South Africa is too much, so they are forced to lower the prices to push goods to avoid dumping. Therefore, the price is normal, not cheap.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the total value of imported fruits and vegetables in the first 5 months of 2019 amounted to USD 878 million, an increase of 46% compared to the same period of 2018. Of which, fruits (fruits) accounted for 655 million USD, up 48.7%. The largest supply of vegetables in Vietnam is Thailand (46.5% market share), the second is China (19.6%), followed by America, Australia, Myanmar, Cambodia ...
In the opposite direction, in the first 5 months of 2019, the export value of this sector also increased by 10.3% compared to the same period in 2018, reaching 1.83 billion USD.
Falling from the wholesale market
Mr. Nguyen Binh Phuong, Deputy Manager of Marketing Department - Management and Business Company of Thu Duc Agricultural Products Market, said the price of fruit products increased partly due to a sharp decrease in production, like June 7 Although falling right on the 5th of the fifth lunar month (Lunar New Year), the quantity of goods sold to the market was only 2,460 tons, down nearly half compared to the same period last year. The biggest drop is lychee, every night from 400-450 tons, half of the same period in 2018 due to the loss of the Northern region, so the price of wholesale cloth at the market is also very high, up to 55,000-60,000 VND / kg. "Fruits this year are not" in season "like every year, fruits typical of summer such as rambutan, mangosteen, lettuce, jackfruit ... are less than 50% of the market every year, while pomelo, longan, mango , watermelon, melon ... are still stable but due to the reduction in the total fruit quantity to the market, the price is also high, not falling when the crop is like every year.
Mr. Nguyen Hoang Phong, Head of Sales Department of Hoc Mon Food and Agricultural Products Market Management Co., Ltd. (HCMC) also said that the quantity of fruits on the market is decreasing sharply compared to the years. "Every year in the season, lychee to the market 90 tons / day is only 60 tons / day. The price of cloth is very high, at this time, the wholesale market is up to 1 million VND / barrel (19-20 kg), high. nearly 2 years ago, similarly, the rambutan at this time was about to go home, about 7-8 cars a day, but now only a few cars are running in. In general, this year most of the fruits are high in price due to crop failure. , except for mangoes due to many goods, the price dropped "- Mr. Phong said.
In another 15 days, dragon fruits are abundant again
Mr. Tran Ngoc Hiep, Chairman of Binh Thuan Dragon Fruit association, explained the causes of high levels of dragon fruit (VND 30,000 / kg of white gut, VND 40,000 / kg of red intestine) due to the lack of serious and deficient products. up to 60% -70% of output. "Early fruit dragon fruit has little left and last year dragon fruit prices are low, so this year farmers reduced. Export to China is normal, there is no sudden change. About 15 days more, dragon fruit supply will be abundant. "" Mr. Hiep predicted.
