According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, longan would be harvested from now until the end of August.
Tonnes of longan facing difficulties to seek outlets
Tran Thanh Nam, deputy minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the ministry had asked localities to report on areas with farm produce, enterprises and co-operatives which have the demand for farm produce in order to link suppliers with distributors.
Localities are also urged to create favourable conditions for enterprises and traders to buy farm produce.
The media have also been asked to promote fruit and vegetable sales.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development forecasted that the country’s total longan output would reach 637,000 tonnes this year, up 8% on-year.
In the southern region, longan output would reach 337,000 tonnes, up 4% on-year, including 177,000 tonnes in the second half of the year.
Meanwhile, the figure in the northern region would be 300,000 tonnes in the year. Among this, roughly 63,600 tonnes were harvested between July 15-31; with 204,300 tonnes to be harvested in August and 32,100 tonnes after August 31.
Hung Yen, Son La, Hai Duong, Bac Giang and Hanoi would top longan output this year with some 55,000 tonnes, 98,500 tonnes, 10,000 tonnes, 20,000 tonnes and 13,000 tonnes respectively.
Around 21,989 tonnes of longan have been exported, mostly to China, Australia and the US. However, 4,700 tonnes of longan in localities that are imposing social distancing measures have yet to have found outlets
