VOV.VN - With existing advantages, greater attention is being given to improving Vietnamese durian quality so as to continue affirming its export position ,while engaging in the billion-dollar export industry in 2024, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoIT).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese durians exported to the European Union will be subject to inspection for excessive pesticide residue at EU borders with a frequency of 10% under the bloc’s new regulations, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

An additional 99 aquaculture establishments were licensed to export to the Republic of Korea (RoK), the European Union, China, the US and Russia in 2023, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s National Authority for Agro-Forestry-Fishery Quality, Processing and Market Development (NAFIQPM).

More than 255 tonnes of durian were exported to China via border gates in the northern province of Lao Cai in the first three days of 2024, earning nearly US$1 million, according to Lao Cai Border Gate Customs Office.

VOV.VN - Fruit and vegetables, rice, coffee, cashewnuts, and pepper are expected to bring large amounts of hard currency to the national coffers in 2024.

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.

VOV.VN - Vietnam earned nearly US$2.1 billion from durian exports between January and October 2023, a record high figure, thanks to China’s rising purchasing power, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetables Association (Vinafruit).

Vietnamese durian exports to the UK have increased due to high demand for this fruit and the advantages of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).

The value of Vietnam’s durian export in the first nine months of 2023 reached US$1.63 billion, 14 times higher than the figure of the same period last year, according to statistic of the General Department of Customs.

VOV.VN - Fruit and vegetable exports fetched roughly US$4.2 billion by the end of the third quarter of this year, 25% higher than last year's export turnover.