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Southeast Asian fruit farmers under the epidemic have suffered heavy losses due to export difficulties

 Last Update: 2022-03-03
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According to foreign media reports, many fruit farmers in Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand are in trouble due to export
difficulties caused by the epidemic .

At the end of December, Friendship Guan took a 4-week circuit breaker for dragon fruit in Vietnam because it tested positive for nucleic acid three times on Vietnamese dragon fruit and its packaging
.
As a result, the price of dragon fruit in Vietnam plummeted by 25% within a week, and the price per kilogram was less than 5,000 VND (about 1.
4 yuan)
.
In early January, the price of dragon fruit was only VND 500, equivalent to RMB 0.
14/kg
.

Many growers had to give up picking and let the fruit ripen and rot
.
During the long epidemic, many growers have become heavily indebted, some have given up planting dragon fruit directly, and some fruit farmers admit that now "growing dragon fruit is like gambling"
.

Dang Phuc Nguyen, secretary-general of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association, said more than 1 million Vietnamese dragon fruit, mango and jackfruit growers were affected
.
According to Saigon News, Vietnamese growers use artificial lighting to induce off-season flowering, allowing dragon fruit to be available year-round
.
Although it is now in the off-season, there are still 300,000 tons of dragon fruits that are ripe for the market
.
If the price of these off-season dragon fruits is less than VND 10,000/kg, fruit farmers cannot guarantee a basic balance of payments
.

　　China has always been the largest buyer of Vietnamese dragon fruit.
In 2021, Vietnam's dragon fruit exports will exceed US$1 billion, accounting for one-third of the country's total exports of vegetables and fruits
.
Among them, the export value to China reached 900 million US dollars, accounting for nearly 90% of Vietnam's total exports
.
A representative of the Vietnam Binh Thuan Dragon Fruit Association said that if the dragon fruit cannot be exported to China by road, it will take about 2 months to choose shipping, and the dragon fruit will be difficult to preserve
.
At the same time, the current shipping cost is too high
.
In the past, the cost of a 20-ton container was about VND 60-70 million, but now the price has reached nearly VND 200 million
.

　　Watermelon growers in Myanmar have faced a similar dilemma, with trucks stranded at the border dumping rotting watermelons on the side of the road
.
A melon farmer said that he started planting watermelons in 2010, and in 2021, due to the closure of the port, he can only choose to throw away the ripe watermelons
.
Now, he has given up growing watermelons in favor of selling beans in Myanmar
.

　　Thai fruit is usually exported to China through Vietnam and Laos, and a longan exporter in Thailand said her batch of longan was stranded at the China-Vietnam border for 60 days
.
After the heavy border congestion in December last year, by January, the ports were cleared one after another, and most of the fruits had rotted and deteriorated
.
The exporter said they had lodged complaints with the government and related agencies, but with no progress, the response was "self-help"
.

　　It has now entered February, and the harvest of durians in eastern Thailand has already begun, and mangosteen and rambutan will also be available in March
.
The Ministry of Agriculture of Thailand predicts that in 2022, the output of durian in eastern Thailand will increase by 20% year-on-year, reaching 720,000 tons, and the output of mangosteen will be nearly 200,000 tons
.
The Thai Durian Association expects that "China will continue to open and close its borders from time to time in the coming months
.
" Thailand is developing a disinfectant for durian packaging, hoping to improve the safety of the fruit and packaging ahead of the peak harvest in April.
sex
.

　　Most of the fruits exported from Southeast Asia are supplied to the Chinese market, of which the total value of fruits exported from Southeast Asia to China in 2020 is about US$6 billion
.
Now Southeast Asian growers are accustomed to growing fruits in accordance with the needs and standards of the Chinese market, once there is a customs clearance problem at the port, fruit exports will be in trouble
.
It is also difficult for exporters to find other alternative markets for a while, which eventually leads to a dilemma for both fruit farmers and exporters
.

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