Several Australian retail firms are actively working alongside Vietnamese businesses to import fresh longan from the Southeast Asian market in order to meet demand among Australian consumers, according to industry insiders.

Hoang Luat, CEO of an Australia import and export company called M, revealed that Vietnamese fresh longans continue to enjoy competitive advantages in the Australian market due to the longan season in the northern Vietnam not coinciding with the season in Australia.

Luat pointed out that there remains bright prospects ahead for Vietnamese longans in the Australian market due to its high quality, sweet taste, along with incentive tax policies, adding that a large number of Australians and immigrants from Asia are very keen consumers of the fresh fruit.

Phuc Truong, director of Bato Ausale Company, an enterprise that specialises in importing fresh fruit from the Vietnamese market to Australia, said the company has contacted some local partners to import fresh longans from high-quality growing areas in the Southeast Asian country.

Ly Hoang Duy, CEO of 4 Ways Fresh, revealed that his company has imported fresh longans from the nation over the past two years, adding that it intends to import a large quantity of fresh longan from other growing areas in the country in the coming time.

An international conference aimed at facilitating the consumption of longan and agricultural products in Hung Yen province will be held via online platforms as a means of introducing Hung Yen fresh longans to local and international consumers. This will serve to contribute to increasing the export turnover of Vietnamese fresh longans in the future.

Source: VOV