Seedless lychee is a type of lychee imported from abroad. When ripe, the lychee is bright red on the outside, juicy, crunchy on the inside and has a sweet taste. The advantage of this lychee is that it is grown according to strict standards, therefore it is low in sugar, contains simple sugars and is therefore suitable for diabetics on a diet, while the trace element is three times higher than regular lychee.

BECAUSE DELICIOUS, RARE THE PRICE SHOULD

If lychee usually costs around 40,000-50,000 VND/kg in the domestic market, seedless lychee, also called jade lychee, costs up to 280,000-450,000 VND/kg (depending on the packaging, quantity and size of the lychee size). Mr. Nguyen Van Hue, CEO of Ho Guom – Song Am High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd., a product supplier, said: This is the first year that the lychee garden has produced fruit with a production of only 15 to 20 tons. . “We’re harvesting and there’s only about three days until the end of this year’s lychee harvest,” said Mr. Hue.

The company sells by the box, for example special boxes at a price of VND 800,000/box (only 200 boxes are made); 2 kg carton priced at VND 550,000/carton; A 1 kg box costs 280,000 VND/box and a 500 gram box costs 148,000 VND/box. “This price can be considered high compared to traditional varieties of lychee, but when comparing the quality with other imported fruits, it is extremely reasonable,” the company representative said.

According to the survey, seedless lychee is currently quite “sold out” in Ho Chi Minh City and there are only a few upscale fruit shops selling the item. Previously, the company imported seedless lychees from Japan and sold them at a price of VND990,000/200 grams, a representative from Mia Fruit Company said.

On June 16, the first batch of 600kg Vietnamese seedless lychees was launched in the UK market, becoming the fourth Vietnamese specialty fruit to be officially certified, after red grapefruit Tan Lac, grapefruit Dien Yen Thuy and orange Cao Phong (Hoa Binh). will be exported to this difficult market in 2023. According to Mr. Thai Tran, CEO of TT Meridian, a company specializing in the distribution of lychee and Vietnamese agricultural products in the UK, the retail price of seedless lychee is around 16-18 lbs/kg (approx. 480,000 – 540,000 VND) and 3 – 4 lbs higher than normal cloth.

Although the selling price is quite high, TT Meridian Company still decided to test the import of this specialty fruit to estimate the market demand after the quality test results showed that the product has a typical sweet taste of Vietnam: lychee, juicy pulp, crispy and mainly seedless lychee, suitable for UK and European consumers. If the quality and price of Vietnamese seedless lychees are accepted by the UK market, TT Meridian Company will import about 1 ton of fruit per week in June and July.

In addition, Mr. Nguyen Duy Ninh, general manager of the service department of Ho Guom Group Joint Stock Company, said that a shipment of lychee with a volume of 500 kg was also exported to Japan. In addition, another seedless lychee distribution unit of Ho Guom Group, through Domino Joint Stock Company (Tokyo), has exported a shipment of more than 100 kg from Vietnam to Japan for distribution in supermarkets. market in Japan. According to a survey, seedless lychee is sold at 4,500-5,000 yen/kg in the Japanese market, which is equivalent to VND750,000-840,000/kg.

OFFER HIGH ECONOMICAL VALUE

In 2019, Ho Guom – Song Am High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd (Ho Guom – Song Am Company) cooperated with Institute of Agricultural Genetics (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) to test more than 1,200 lychee roots. Seedless seeds are imported from overseas to Nguyet An Township, Ngoc Lac District, Thanh Hoa Province.

According to the initial assessment by Ho Guom – Song Am High-tech Agriculture Co., Ltd and the Institute of Agricultural Genetics, after 4 years (from 2019) of experimental planting, it was first revealed that seedless lychee has outstanding advantages. Outstanding results such as: The tree gives positive growth and development results similar to the native Lychee, the tree is strong and disease free, the average height is about 2.5-3.5 m in the 4th year. Start flowering by the end of about 1 month (about early February every year). The fruiting season is around the beginning of March to June. In particular, seedless lychee varieties ripen 7 to 10 days earlier than lychee varieties.

Also, according to the assessment of Ho Guom – Song Am High-tech Agriculture Company Limited and Institute of Agricultural Genetics, the unit at present continues to test and evaluate the effectiveness to ensure stability and high economic value, higher in the development of this seedless lychee variety income for farmers. In particular, if successful, seedless lychee will help open a new direction in crop diversification, enhance competitiveness and expand consumption markets not only at home but also abroad.

According to Mr. Thai Tran and TT Meridian Company, seedless fruits are a consumer trend both in developed countries and around the world. Therefore, Vietnamese exporters of agricultural products need to pay attention to this factor and regularly improve plant varieties to keep up with global trends in the context of scientific and technological advances in the agricultural sector. and helps Vietnam and the world to invent and breed many high quality fruit varieties.

Discussing that this item is still in short supply in supermarkets or fruit stores, Mr Nguyen Duy Ninh admitted that coreless fabric products are currently out of stock. Accordingly, the order for this fabric is very large, while the stock is not enough to supply supermarkets or retail outlets. It will certainly take longer for this substance to be widely available in supermarkets or traditional markets.