Thailand- leading fruit and vegetable supplier to Vietnam
(VOV) -Vietnam imports of fruit and vegetables in the eight months leading up to September increased astronomically by 166.82% over last year’s corresponding period to US$125.1 million.
Thailand is now the largest supplier of fruit and vegetables to the Vietnam market trailed by China with US$83.8 million and Myanmar US$42.1 million.
Vietnam principally imports pumpkin, tomato, potato, cabbage, mango, apple and grape from China.
It also imports fruit and vegetables from new markets such as New Zealand, South Africa, India, the Republic of Korea and Israel.
In the first eight months, Vietnam exporters grossed over US$1 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables, up 47.4% on-year.