Cambodia exported 3,422.25 tons of fresh longan to China in the first three months of 2023, as reported by the General Directorate of Agriculture (GDA). Longan is a tropical evergreen tree species native to Asia that produces white-fleshed edible fruit of the soapberry family, which also includes lychees and rambutan. The most renowned variety is the “Pailin longan”, named after Cambodia’s second smallest province by area.
Battambang provincial Department of Commerce director Kim Hout on May 9 said prices for fresh longan fruit in his province are higher than in previous year, rising from a 3,600 riel per-kg average in the August-December 2022 period, to 4,000 riel in January-February, to 4,500 riel March-to-date.
[ 100 riel = € 0.022 ]
Source: phnompenhpost.com
