Durian price from 200,000 VND to 75,000 VND
If about a month ago, the price of durian in the western provinces reached a peak of 210,000 VND/kg, now traders are buying with prices ranging from 80,000 to 120,000 VND/kg, down about 50% compared to before.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut Phuong, a trader specializing in the collection of durians in Tien Giang, said that the price of Ri6 durian is being purchased by the barn at 80,000 VND/kg.
"Because durian is in the main season, many gardens have durian reaching the cutting age at the same time, so the supply is very abundant.
Every day we can cut a few dozen tons is normal. Goods are not as scarce as before, so the price has also decreased, "Ms. Phuong said.
In Ben Tre, durian is purchased by traders at a price of about 5,000 - 10,000 VND lower than the purchase price in Tien Giang. However, according to Mr. Huynh Van Sau - a gardener in Ben Tre, although the price of durian has decreased, the gardener still has a profit, even a lot. "Even if the price of durian falls below 50,000 VND per kilogram, there is still a profit," said Sau.
Mr. Luong Van Han - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Phu Quy Agricultural Cooperative (Cai Lay Town, Tien Giang Province) - said that the cooperative currently has about 1,900 members, most of the durian members of the cooperative members have already been sold. at the end of the season, but not as busy as other places. Currently, traders buy at the garden of cooperative members about 75,000 VND/kg for Ri6 durian and more than 110,000 VND/kg monthong durian. This price has nearly halved from more than a month ago.
According to the traders' explanation, the price goes up and down depending on the purchase price from China in batches. In 2022 and the first months of 2023, the price of durian will fluctuate from 80,000 to 210,000 VND/kg, higher than 2021 from 20,000 to 90,000 VND/kg.
Excluding all costs, many gardeners earn a profit of 1 - 2 billion VND/ha, so in the western provinces there is a massive movement to switch from other crops to growing durian.
Only Tien Giang province, the locality with the largest durian area in the region, currently has a durian area of more than 17,000 hectares.
According to the Department of Cultivation (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), the official export volume of durian to China only accounts for about 15-20% of durian production in Vietnam, the rest is domestic, so when The price of durian crop will decrease.
