Bac Giang posts best lychee crop in 60 years

According to the Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee, lychee production brought a revenue of VND 5.3 trillion (USD 233 million) to local farmers.

Lychee prices average VND 40,000 - 60,000 per kilogram. Photo: vaithieulucngan.vn 

The province’s lychee export revenue totaled more than USD 90 million this year.

The province said that lychee entered a number of new markets this year, such as Dubai, Holland and Thailand, thanks to the enhanced promotion activities.

China remained the largest importer of Vietnamese lychee, with 28,000 tons, or 76.5 percent of the total lychee export volume.

Domestic lychee sales reached 54,900 tons.

The province saw the best lychee crop during the past 60 years despite a drop of 64.2 percent in output over the previous year to 91,000 tons due to unfavorable weather conditions. However, this year’s lychee was of higher quality, Duong Van Thai, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, said.

The province’s statistics show that more than 1,000 farmer households earned from VND 100 million from lychee this harvest season, including 10 households with revenues of higher than VND 500 million and two earning more than VND 800 million.

According to Tran Quang Tuan, Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade, promotion activities contributed significantly to the success of lychee sales this year, together with efforts to improve lychee quality.

Lychee plantation area totaled 30,000 hectares in the province. Bac Giang province is famous for thieu lychee, which grows mainly in Luc Ngan district.

Luc Ngan thieu lychee has been already granted protection certificates in six countries - Laos, Cambodia, the Republic of Korea, China, Japan and Singapore - by the Ministry of Science and Technology and has been registered for industrial property protection in three countries - the US, Australia and Malaysia.

Source: VNA