Vietnam sees five-fold increase in durian export turnover
VOV.VN - Vietnam earned more than US$2.1 billion from exporting durians between January – December 2023, representing an increase of 580.3% year on year, reported the General Department of Customs.
Statistics show that durian exports brought in US$91 million in November alone, down 73.9% month on month but up 16.3% year on year.
China was the largest consumer of Vietnamese durian, spending US$82.14 million on imports in November, down 74.8% month on month but up 37.2% year on year. Overall, the past 11 months saw China import US$1.97 billion worth of Vietnamese durian, up 1,515% year on year.
Fresh durian exports to other markets also enjoyed high growth, including the Czech Republic (28,195%), Papua New Guinea (837%), the United States of America (283%), Canada (222%) and France (32%).
Dang Phuc Nguyen, general secretary of the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit), predicted that Vietnam’s durian export turnover in 2023 could reach a record high of US$2.2 - 2.3 billion, five times the 2022 figure and 10 times the 2021 figure.
Vietnam has so far shipped fresh durians to 24 markets and frozen durians to 23 markets globally.
