The first shipment was announced at a ceremony held on Monday by the Dong Thap People’s Committee in coordination with Blue Ocean Trading Import-Export Joint Stock Company. Alongside Vinh Long, Dong Thap is among the largest pomelo-growing areas in the Mekong Delta.The province now has nearly 5,000 hectares of pomelo cultivation, with green-skin pomelo as the main variety.
Phan Quoc Nam, Deputy Sales Director at Blue Ocean, said, “Product quality must meet standards agreed between Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and Australia after about two years of negotiations and adjustments. Although the edible portion is the flesh inside, the outer peel is extremely important. Criteria such as the absence of viruses and nine specified types of pests are mandatory. The inner flesh must ensure high quality, with good sweetness, attractive color, and juiciness. After this first shipment, it is expected that one container of pomelos will be exported every one to two weeks.”
The export of Dong Thap Province’s first shipment of pomelos to the Australian market encourages enterprises, cooperatives, and producers to improve quality, develop export-standard raw material areas, and strengthen production–consumption linkages along the value chain.
