Vietnam: Canned fruit, vegetable exports increase

Exports of canned and frozen fruit and vegetables have increased significantly since the beginning of the year, according to a report by the General Statistics Office. « Compared with last December, recent orders for canned pineapple, corn, beans and frozen mango have increased by 20 per cent at my companies, » said Huynh Quang Dau, Director of the An Giang Agricultural Technology Service Company.

Dau explained that because the EU and the US were both in the middle of their winters, their demands for frozen and canned foods had increased strongly. To meet the increasing demand, Dau’s plants have upped their production by 15 per cent to 20 tonnes of frozen and canned vegetables per day.

The country’s total export turnover of fruit and vegetables in the first month of the year was US$32 million, a 2.2 per cent increase over the same month last year. While frozen exports have enjoyed many positive business results, companies involved in exporting fresh fruit and vegetables are facing many challenges.

« Fresh fruit and vegetable exports have never seen the kinds of difficulties they are seeing now, » said Nguyen Duc Nam, director of the Sai Gon Fruit and Vegetable Export Import Company.

Source: vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn