Chinese and Thai produce top Vietnamese imports of fruit and vegetables

Data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs showed that the country imported US$384 million worth of fruits and vegetables from Thailand and China, accounting for 64% of the total. This means the Vietnamese people spent over VND58 billion per day on produce from the two countries.

In particular, Vietnam imported US$274 million worth of mostly Thai fruits and some vegetables, including mango, dragon fruit, rambutan, jackfruit, durian and longan.

Meanwhile, US$110 million was spent on Chinese produce, such as carrots, cabbage, potatoes, pomegranates, pears, plums and grapes, over the past five months, increasing the country’s fruit and vegetable import turnover by US$31 million, or VND700 billion, year-on-year.