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What are seven Vietnamese fruits officially licensed for export to US?

Wednesday, 11:49, 19/10/2022

VOV.VN - Mangoes, longans, lychees, dragon fruit, rambutans, star apples, and pomelos are the seven different kinds of Vietnamese fruit which have been granted the green light to enter the United States market so far.

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After negotiations lasting over five years, the US Department of Agriculture has officially licensed the import of fresh pomelo from Vietnam.
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At present the US has great demand for fruits, consuming up to 12 million tonnes each year, with 30% imported from overseas.
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Pomelo is the seventh fresh Vietnamese fruit licensed to enter the US market, following mangoes, longans, lychees, dragon fruit, rambutans, and star apples. Vietnam boasts a total area of 105,400ha under pomelo cultivation, yielding an output of roughly 950,000 tonnes each year.
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All Vietnamese fruits entering this market must obtain both VietGAP and GlobalGAP certifications.
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Dragon fruit became the first Vietnamese fruit exported to the US in 2008.
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This was followed by rambutans that received permission to enter the US market in 2011.
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Three years later the US Department of Agriculture officially licensed the import of longans and lychees from Vietnam.
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The fifth local fruit to get the green light to penetrate the US market was star apples, with the first batch arriving in the US in December 2017.
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In 2019 mangoes officially became the sixth Vietnamese fruit making inroads into the US.
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According to US regulations, fruit exports must meet strict US standards relating to fruit cultivation areas and fruit packing facilities. Along with these rules, products must also be irradiated at a stipulated factory under the supervision of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the US Department of Agriculture.