Traders looking to buy dragon fruit directly from the garden in Binh Thuan

At this time, many dragon fruit buyers in dragon fruit growing areas such as Ham Thuan Nam district, Ham Thuan Bac district, Binh Thuan come to the garden to buy dragon fruit to fill shipments to supply markets in many provinces and cities, especially to supply on the occasion of the 15th day of the 7th lunar month. Many traders post information to buy dragon fruit on Binh Thuan dragon fruit groups with attractive prices.

Traders buy dragon fruit to bring to the warehouse. Photo: Duy Tuan

Mr. Huynh Han, a dragon fruit trader in Ham Thuan Nam district, said that dragon fruit has many prices at this time, depending on the type. Seasonal white-flesh dragon fruit (dragon fruit that grows naturally in the weather) has a purchase price of about 12,000 VND/kg, electric-heated dragon fruit (off-season dragon fruit, stimulated to produce fruit by using electric lights) has a slightly higher price of 15,000 VND/kg, red-flesh dragon fruit is about 17,000 VND/kg.

Harvesting dragon fruit in the garden. Photo: Duy Tuan

However, at this time, red-fleshed dragon fruit is "out of season", it will take about 5 more days for red-fleshed dragon fruit to ripen and be in stock.

According to farmers, in recent years, seasonal dragon fruit has produced little fruit due to erratic weather and excessive off-season harvesting.

Garden of ripe red dragon fruit. Photo: Duy Tuan

According to records, along the road leading to Phan Thiet – Dau Giay highway, there are many stalls selling dragon fruit to tourists. The stall owners also bought dragon fruit from gardens to sell for profit.

However, white-fleshed dragon fruit is abundant, red-fleshed dragon fruit is scarce, and if available, it is old dragon fruit, harvested long ago and stored for sale at this time, so the fruit is not beautiful. There are also gardens that harvest red dragon fruit out of season for sale, but the price is as high as 25,000 VND/kg.

Dragon fruit stalls along the road leading to the highway. Photo: Duy Tuan

Dragon fruit plays an important role in the development of the agricultural and rural economy of Binh Thuan province. According to the latest data from the Binh Thuan Provincial Statistics Office, by July 2024, the area of ​​dragon fruit trees in the whole Binh Thuan province was 26,550 hectares, with an output of 325,000 tons/year.

In the first months of 2024, domestic and export demand for fruit is high, dragon fruit prices are stable, sometimes increasing, so growers make a profit.

Source: https://laodong.vn/kinh-doanh/thuong-lai-tim-mua-thanh-long-tan-vuon-o-binh-thuan-1379946.ldo