Ranging from VND20,000 (US$0.86) to VND22,000 (US$0.95) per kilogram, the price of dragon fruit in Binh Thuan province is now three to four times higher than a month ago.

Despite the high prices, dragon fruit growers in Binh Thuan Province have not had a large quantity for sale.

Currently, many traders have to make deposits to order the fruit for timely supply for domestic and foreign customers.

Vice Chairman of Binh Thuan Provincial Dragon Fruit Association Huynh Canh informed that the demand for dragon fruit consumption is very high in domestic and foreign markets, especially in China, the Republic of Korea, India and so on.

however, the output was not high because farmers have produced only 30 per cent of their total area along with unfavourable weather causing crop loss.

Dragon fruit in Binh Thuan purchased at high price of nearly US$1 per kilogram.

By the end of December 2022, Binh Thuan Province had about 26,977 hectares of dragon fruit, down 5,283 hectares. The output reached over 600,000 tons, down more than 80,000 tons compared to 2021.

About 80 per cent of the province's dragon fruit output is exported to the Chinese market via border trade.

In the 2019-2020 crop, Vietnam’s dragon fruit output shipped to India almost doubled at more than 11,750 tonnes with a turnover of US$9.86 million.

However, in the 2020-2021 crop, its dragon fruit export turnover to the market decreased by about 25%.