On June 20, a consignment of fresh lychees from Bac Giang province landed in Houston in the US. Soon after the arrival, the lychees hit the shelves of large supermarkets, including brands Hong Kong, Tan Binh, Viet Hoa, Linda’s Tropical Fruits and Ca Mau.
At the supermarkets, the lychees retail at $14-15 per pound, or VND780,000 per kilogram, or $140 per 11 pound (5 kilogram) bag, or VND3.2 million (VND640,000 per kilogram).
Previously, Vietnam’s lychees were sold in the US as frozen fruit. In 2020, Vietnam’s Trade Office could see the high demand for fresh lychee and connected importers/exporters of the two countries, and worked with APHIS (US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) on exporting fresh lychees to the market.
Source: vietnamnet.vn