Reporting the plans for lychee consumption this year, Director of the provincial Department of Industry and Trade (DoIT) Tran Quang Tan said, the province will implement measures to boost promotion for fresh lychee consumption and consumption linkage, focus on harvesting and consuming fresh lychee in the areas with good quality products while classifying the growing areas with low quality fruits to advise the localities to dry lychee instead.

PPC permanent Vice Chairman Lai Thanh Son voices at the meeting.

The province is expected to gain 160,000 tonnes of lychee in this crop. Currently, the export market faces many difficulties especially export to China and Japan, thus DoIT recommended 3 scenarios for lychee consumption in 2020.

Scenario 1: In case the negotiation between Vietnam and China ends in good result when agreeing to extent clearance time and export capacity reaching 80 percent compared to 2019, equivalent to 80,000 tonnes of product.

Scenario 2: In the context when export faces difficulties and the export capacity reaches 50 percent compared to 2019, equivalent to 50,000 tonnes of product.

Scenario 3: In case export faces numerous difficulties and export capacity is small when products are mostly consumed in domestic market.

Tran Quang Tan, DoIT Director voices his opinions.

Tran Quang Tan added, in order to effectively promote lychee consumption amid Covid-19 pandemic, DoIT collaborated with some competent agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Trade to contact with the distributor corporations, wholesale markets, enterprises and farm product traders in the province, nationwide and other countries such as Aeon, Central Group, Mega MarKet, Lotte, BigC, Saigon.coop, Vinmart and Happro to ink contracts on lychee consumption.

Especially, this year Bac Giang will hold live conference on lychee consumption with 63 provinces and cities nationwide and 2 destinations in China including Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. This conference will encourage participation of many companies and traders in lychee consumption.

According to La Van Nam, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Luc Ngan district, the district has sought domestic market aiming at the industrial parks and clusters. This potential market remains unexploited.

In his conclusion, PPC permanent Vice Chairman Lai Thanh Son stressed lychee consumption this year will face enormous difficulties due to impact of Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, the provincial authorities and competent agencies need to take greater initiative and work more effectively to achieve expected results.

Lai Thanh Son urged the localities especially Luc Ngan and Tan Yen districts where having largest lychee growing areas to guide farmers to take good care of lychee ensuring quality and check upon the conditions for purchasing, processing and consuming lychee such as ice and styrofoam box production facilities and accommodations.

La Van Nam, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Luc Ngan district reports on district’s preparation for lychee consumption in 2020.

Luc Ngan district needs to well prepare for exporting the first batch and welcoming visitors to the lychee gardens.

Facing complicated developments of Covid-19 globally, the PPC permanent Vice Chairman Lai Thanh Son ordered good implementation of both duties including lychee consumption and pandemic prevention and control.

Besides, DoIT was urged to promptly make the list of Chinese traders coming Bac Giang to buy lychee to submit the Prime Minister for supporting immigration to Vietnam. The province will also provide policy to partly support Chinese traders undergoing quarantine in the province.

MoIT proposes remote inspection, recognition for export of lychee to Japan

(BGO)- The provincial Department of Industry and Trade has received a correspondence from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on addressing obstacles and boosting export of fresh lychee to Japan in 2020.

Contract inked to consume Phuc Hoa early ripen lychee

(BGO) – According to Ngo Van Cuong, head of GlovalGAP lychee production group in Quat Du 2 village, Phuc Hoa commune, Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province), Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company on May 6 inked the contract to consume 30 tonnes of local early ripen lychee with the price of nearly 30,000 VND (1.28 USD) per kg.  

Contract inked to export over 100 tonnes of Bac Giang lychee to Japan

(BGO) – Chanh Thu Fruit Import Export Company Limited (Ben Tre province) has inked the contract to buy over 100 tonnes of lychee grown in more than 10 hectares in the communes of Tan Son and Nam Duong (Luc Ngan district) and Phuc Hoa (Tan Yen district) to export to Japanese market.

Bac Giang implements various measures to boost lychee consumption in 2020

(BGO) – The Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) has issued the Correspondence to urge the relevant departments and agencies to implement various measures to boost the lychee consumption in 2020 season.

Bac Giang lychees are at best quality this season

(BGO) – It was affirmed by Chairman of the People’s Committee in Bac Giang province Duong Van Thai as answering the press agencies about the lychee care and consumption in 2020 amid the negative impact of Covid-19 pandemic. 

Thanh Nam