Bac Giang lychee qualified to export to all markets

Bac Giang's Plant Protection and Cultivation Sub-Department said that lychee samples (mainly in the early ripening lychee granary in Tan Yen district) sent to Eurofins Sac Ky Hai Dang Co., Ltd have all 821 indicators met requirements for export.

The Eurofins network has more than 900 facilities in more than 50 countries around the world. In Vietnam, this facility is an independent testing laboratory, with certifications and designations from state management agencies such as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. Products before being exported, mainly to the European market, must be tested at Eurofins.

Le Ba Thanh, Deputy Director of the province's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that with the testing results, Bac Giang lychee was eligible for export and supply to all markets around the world.The province's Plant Protection Department continues to take about 50 more lychee samples from the main litchi barn in Luc Ngan crop for testing. Results are expected in the next few days.

According to Bac Giang Department of Industry and Trade, the province's lychee is mainly exported to the Chinese market, with more than 95 per cent of market share. The rest is exported to countries such as Japan, the US, South Korea, the EU and Cambodia.

Every day, about 80 trucks carrying fresh lychee are cleared through the "green channel" through Tan Thanh border gate, Lang Son province to enter China. Dried lychee and processed agricultural products are exported through Kim Thanh border gate in Lao Cai province.Tran Quang Tan, Director of the province's Department of Industry and Trade said that after quarantine, lychees were gathered in a separate yard and had a separate road to facilitate the fastest export to China.

Despite restricting trade to maintain the "Zero Covid" policy, the Chinese side committed not to let any lychee truck from Vietnam wait more than three days at the border gate.In parallel with the promotion of lychee consumption, Bac Giang also tries to expand the planting area codes.

Recently, the Plant Protection Department has granted ten more planting area codes to the province.Of the codes, five lychee growing areas with a total area of ​​61.38 ha in communes of Giao Liem, Dai Son (Son Dong district); Hop Duc, Lien Son and Cao Thuong town (Tan Yen district) are eligible to export to all markets

A planting area code for export to the US market, with an area of ​​12.06 ha in Phuong Son commune (Luc Ngan district); four export codes to Japan, with a total area of ​​47.54 ha in communes of Phuc Hoa (Tan Yen), Binh Son (Luc Nam) and Quy Son (Luc Ngan).

In total, Bac Giang has 149 growing area codes with a total area of ​​more than 15,000 ha exported to China; 34 codes with more than 274 ha to Japan; 19 codes with more than 230 ha to the US and the EU and two codes with 20 ha to Thailand.