Bac Ninh: Creating a chain linking fresh longan exports to the Australian market

DNVN - On August 27, a working delegation including representatives of the Department of Agriculture and Environment (DARD) and the Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Ninh province visited a number of longan production models and inspected longan export packaging facilities in Luc Son commune and Chu ward.

The delegation visited the high-quality longan growing area of ​​Luc Son Agricultural Service Cooperative.

Here, the delegation visited the fresh longan processing and packaging line at Thanh Hai Agricultural Cooperative (Chu Ward). Thanh Hai Agricultural Cooperative has many years of experience in packaging lychees for export to the European market and has been granted a packaging code for longan products exported to the Australian market. On average, the Cooperative ensures the packaging of about 1 ton of longan fruit that meets export conditions every day.

Next, the delegation visited the high-quality longan growing area of ​​Luc Son Agricultural Service Cooperative (Luc Son commune). Currently, the Cooperative has 70 members with 10.5 hectares of longan grown according to GlobalGap standards, with an output of about 30 tons, meeting export standards. This is the first time that fresh longan of the Cooperative has been exported to the Australian market by The Garden Vietnam Joint Stock Company.

Joining the delegation, Mr. Hoang Khac Dinh, General Director of The Garden Vietnam Joint Stock Company, said that the Company has signed a contract with Luc Son Agricultural Service Cooperative to purchase longan at the garden at a price of 25,000 VND/kg for export to the Australian market. Up to now, the Company has purchased 16 tons of longan for export to the Australian market. Initial results show that fresh longan in the Australian market is basically consumed smoothly, with stable prices.

However, in the long term, in order for longan of cooperatives in Bac Ninh province to compete and stand firm in the Australian market, and to expand exports to other potential markets, according to Mr. Hoang Khac Dinh, relevant sectors and localities need to continue to direct cooperatives to promote production of longan growing areas according to safety standards; create a chain of links associated with traceability and production conditions to meet domestic consumption and export requirements.

The Garden Vietnam Joint Stock Company will continue to cooperate and accompany longan growers to increase output and ensure the best quality of fresh longan products to serve the export demand to Australia in the following years.

The delegation visited the fresh longan processing and packaging line for export to the Australian market at Thanh Hai Agricultural Cooperative.

Through visiting the production model and packaging facility, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment and the Department of Industry and Trade highly appreciated the quality of fresh longan fruit of the cooperatives and recognized the proactiveness of enterprises in participating in successfully exporting fresh longan fruit to the Australian market.

Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Environment and the Department of Industry and Trade requested that longan growers continue to promote production according to VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards, assign growing area codes, organize production according to cooperatives and groups, create production linkage models and product consumption according to the value chain; attract businesses to participate in linkages to expand export markets.

In the coming time, relevant departments and branches of the province will continue to create conditions and support to promote opportunities for longan consumption market; encourage the development of cooperatives, linkages in production and consumption of agricultural products; build policies to encourage enterprises to invest in agriculture and rural areas; policies to transfer science and technology into the production of key agricultural products of the province.

According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, the whole province currently has 3,641 hectares of longan, with an estimated output of 24,183 tons. Of which, late longan is over 600 hectares, the production area according to VietGAP standards is 2,500 hectares, VietGAP certification is 10 hectares, GlobalGAP is 10 hectares. The main varieties used are: Hung Yen longan, Huong Chi, Ha Tay 6, Mien Thiet.... Longan harvest time is from July 25 to September 20, so far about 12,000 tons have been harvested; concentrated in communes and wards such as: Luc Son, Dong Ky, Phuong Son...

Nguyen An

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