Vegetables set new record

Fruit and vegetable exports accelerated in the last months of the year, bringing the export turnover for the first 11 months of 2025 to over 7.8 billion USD, exceeding the whole year of 2024 by about 300 million USD.

Fruit and vegetable exports set a new record after only 11 months. PHOTO: CHI NHAN

According to a preliminary report by Vietnam Customs, in November 2025, fruit and vegetable exports reached a turnover of 754 million USD, an increase of 65% over the same period last year. This result helped the fruit and vegetable industry's cumulative 11-month turnover reach over 7.8 billion USD, an increase of 18%, equivalent to an absolute figure of 1.2 billion USD compared to the same period in 2024.

Notably, except for Thailand and South Korea, all of Vietnam's top 10 main fruit and vegetable export markets have achieved double-digit growth rates . In particular, in the past 10 months, the most important market, China, increased by 10%, reaching a turnover of 4.5 billion USD. The second largest market, the US, grew by 60% and reached a turnover of 454 million USD. The strongest increase was in the Malaysian market with 78% and a turnover of 83 million USD, followed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with 97 million USD, an increase of 52%.

In the European market, the Netherlands grew by 44% and reached a turnover of 136 million USD, ranking 6th among the countries that buy the most Vietnamese fruits and vegetables.

While South Korea ranked third and achieved the same turnover as last year with 264 million USD, Thailand dropped sharply with only 98 million USD, down 57% compared to the same period in 2024. However, according to experts, this decline does not reflect the progressive trend of the fruit and vegetable industry. The reason is that in the past, Thai enterprises often bought frozen durian from Vietnam to export to third countries. After Vietnam had a protocol on frozen durian export with China, Vietnamese enterprises instead of selling to Thailand exported directly. Therefore, this decline is a positive factor for Vietnam's fruit and vegetable industry and contributes to increasing the value and export turnover of frozen durian.

On the other hand, Vietnam's fruit and vegetable imports in the first 11 months reached 2.4 billion USD, up 15% over the same period last year. Vietnam still maintained a fruit and vegetable trade surplus of 5.4 billion USD.

Notably, the US is one of the largest suppliers of fruits and vegetables to Vietnam and also achieved the highest increase of 37%, with a turnover of 460 million USD. The US is still the country with a surplus of fruits and vegetables to Vietnam with the figure of 6 million USD.

Chi Nhan

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/rau-qua-lap-ky-luc-moi-185251127111143244.htm