Purple sweet potato presence in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore

Mr. Son Van Luan, chairman of the cooperative Xincheng yam (Tan Thanh Commune, Binh Tan District, Vinh Long Province) said, this unit has completed the contracted export sweet potato (purple like Japan) to Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore.

According to Luan, immediate importer Malaysia has ordered 80 tons per week; the remaining partners "eat" each month about 40 tons of potatoes. While potato production volumes not much, but his thesis that, to open more markets to at least avoid a commercial monopoly, causing damage to people and business grow sweet potatoes.

Currently, Mr. Luan said, if the Chinese market "eat" dirty potatoes (potatoes not over scrub) the potatoes shipped to new markets must be carefully washed potatoes, sack, wrapping properly, transported in refrigerated containers ... so the cost is high; in return, effectively sweetpotato markets go higher than potato export to China as many years.

Green grapefruit purchase price at farm in Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Soc ... is at 20000-28000 VND / kg, lower average 3000-5000 VND / kg compared with about a month ago. Green grapefruit orchards in Ke Sach (Soc) was lower traders buy grapefruit Tien Giang, Ben Tre around 1000-2000 dong / kg by many consumers for that grapefruit green skin only ensure quality While grapefruit is grown on the strip of land in the province of Ben Tre islands. About traders predict market fruit green grapefruit July fifteenth occasion will be more or less volatile trend of price increase, proportional to the consumption needs of the occasion.