Vietnamese prefer fruit from Australia, US, ThailandVietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s import turnover of fruits and vegetables from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand in the first half of 2016 increased by 2-4 times compared to the same period of previous years. Prices of imported fruit from the US, Australia and New Zealand are much higher than those of domestic and Chinese fruit. Thailand replaced China as the dominant player in Vietnam’s fresh fruit and vegetable import market in 2014, with Thai produce making up 38 percent of the import trade in 2015. Thailand remained the top fruit and vegetable exporter of Vietnam, with $200 million last year and $144 million for the first half of this year. Higher volumes of imported fruit and vegetables came from Australia (up four times to nearly $20 million) and New Zealand (double to nearly $11.3 million).

Source: VietNamNet News July 25, 2016 12:00 UTC