According to Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Giang provinceIn the 2023 production season, Bac Giang proactively promotes solutions to promote lychee consumption.
In addition to traditional markets, the province is interested in expanding consumption of local specialty fruits to high-end, demanding markets, and potential markets such as the United States, Japan, Australia, EU...).
Bac Giang province focuses on directing and guiding farmer households to implement measures to care for and prevent harmful pests right from the beginning of the season, ensuring compliance with technical procedures, especially the use of Plant protection products to meet the high requirements of the market….
Localities guide businesses and traders to comply with regulations of importing countries and distribution systems on harvesting, preservation, packaging, and use of stamps, labels, and product packaging...
In addition, Bac Giang strictly manages growing area codes and packaging facility codes on product packaging of businesses, cooperatives, and traders, preventing illegal acts. commercial fraud (bought in one region but labeled with another region's code), minimize the phenomenon of weight pressure, price pressure, sudden price increases of ancillary items, and strictly handle violations.
At the same time, the province captures information about market developments to help people and businesses proactively consume and process lychees.
Leaders of the Department of Industry and Trade of Bac Giang province said that in the 2023 production season, the locality will create favorable conditions for production and business activities. consume lychee, especially capital for circulation and power sources for foam and ice production facilities, and support services for lychee harvesting and consumption.
[Bac Giang strives to export 1,500 tons of lychee to the United States]
The province implements measures to ensure security and order, fire prevention and fighting; Ensuring traffic safety, organizing traffic flow on main roads, creating the best conditions for transporting and consuming lychees and ensuring traffic order and safety for people.
In addition, Bac Giang proactively creates favorable conditions to help domestic and foreign traders and businesses come to survey, learn, and sign contracts to consume and process lychee; promptly find solutions to remove difficulties in the process of processing and consuming lychees...
In the 2023 crop season, Bac Giang is expected to consume about 81,000 tons of lychee in the domestic market (accounting for about 45% of total output). The main consumption channels are through distributors and wholesale markets in the Northern provinces (Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong...); Central and Southern provinces and cities (Thu Duc, Binh Dien, Hoc Mon-Ho Chi Minh City, Dau Giay-Dong Nai, Hoa Cuong-Da Nang...).
In addition, the province also consumes lychees in commercial centers and supermarket systems (Central Retail, Mega Market, Saigon Co.op, Hapro, Aeon, Lotte, Winmart...); traditional markets through traders, businesses, retail groups... and on major domestic and international e-commerce platforms (Voso, Sendo, Tiki, Shopee, Lazada, Postmart, Alibaba, Amazon...) ; Sell online on online platforms, social networks: Facebook, Zalo, Youtube...
For the export market, Bac Giang is expected to consume about 99,000 tons of lychee (accounting for about 55% of total output, an increase of 16.9% compared to 2022), focusing mainly on the traditional market of China and other countries. , regions such as: EU, USA, Australia, Japan, Korea, UAE, Thailand, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia...
In 2023, the total area of lychee in Bac Giang province is 29,700 hectares (an increase of 1,400 hectares compared to 2022), the output is estimated to reach over 180,000 tons; Tan Yen district alone has an area of 1,340 hectares, with an estimated output of 17,000 tons; Luc Ngan district has an area of 17,357 hectares and an estimated output of over 98,000 tons.
Of these, early ripe lychee is 7,700 hectares, with an estimated output of 57,000 tons; The main litchi crop area is 22,000 hectares, with an estimated output of over 120,000 tons. Safe fabric according to VietGAP standards is 15,600 hectares, output is about 113,800 tons; Lychee produced according to GlobalGAP standards is 82 hectares, with an estimated output of 1,000 tons.
Bac Giang lychee harvest time is from May 25 to July 30, of which early lychee is from May 25 to June 15, main lychee is from June 10 to July 30.
To date, the entire Bac Giang province maintains 178 lychee growing area codes eligible for production for export, with an area of 16,694.9 hectares. At the same time, the province is completing documents to request the Plant Protection Department to issue 45 additional planting area codes, with an area of 460 hectares, bringing the total number of production areas in 2023 to 223 planting areas, an area of 17,154.9 hectares; Output is estimated at over 115,000 tons for export.
To date, the entire Bac Giang province maintains 215 establishments qualified to pack fresh lychees for export./.
