This was the first month Vietnam saw positive growth in fruit and vegetable export value to China so far this year.
Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable export value to China in October reached USD152 million
However, fruit and vegetable exports to China between January and October this year posted an on-year decline of 26 percent to USD1.2 billion.
Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association General Secretary Dang Phuc Nguyen said China’s zero-Covid policies had badly impacted fruit and vegetable exports to the country. Recently, many Vietnamese agricultural products, including durians, bananas, sweet potatoes and bird nests have been allowed to enter China.
Next year, Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports to China were expected to rise by 20-30 percent.
In the first ten months of this year, Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports to the world market reached USD2.75 billion, down 8 percent year-on-year, with USD219 million worth of produce shipped to the US, USD153 million to Thailand and USD141 million to Japan.