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Agribusiness
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Exports to Japan
How to import agricultural products from Vietnam: a practical guide to items, forms, and procedures
As domestic agricultural products rise in price, more food manufacturers, restaurants, and buyers are considering imports from Vietnam. Vietnam's strength is that it is close, which makes it easy to keep shipping times down, and the range of items that can be sourced is wide—from fruit to coffee, cashew nuts, and frozen vegetables... -
Market conditions & price trends
Vietnamese fruit: 'rock-bottom at the source, four to five times at the shelf' — oversupply creates a sourcing opportunity for Japan
Vietnamese fruit is hitting rock-bottom prices at the source. Mangoes fetch 6,000 to 10,000 dong at the source — four to five times that at retail. We explain the real conditions of the oversupply brought on by China's Order 280 and the harvest peak, and the implications for Japanese buyers targeting processing ingredients. -
Market conditions & price trends
Vietnamese coconut hits a record high—drought and disease push the farmgate price to 180,000–210,000 dong per dozen
ベトナム産生ココナッツの農家価格が1ダース18〜21万ドン(約1,040〜1,210円)と過去最高に。干ばつと病害で供給が細り、対中輸出の20%を握る供給国として価格を押し上げている。 -
Fruit
Vietnam's produce exports up 31% in Q1 to US$1.53 billion—item-by-item value chains for durian, banana and pomelo pull toward the US$10 billion target
Vietnam's fruit-and-vegetable exports rose 31.4% in Q1 to US$1.53 billion. The key to the US$1 billion target is not macro figures but item-by-item value chains. We lay out the supply design for durian (+127.8%), banana (unified standards), and pomelo (first shipment to Australia) from the perspective of Japanese buyers. -
Central
Sao Mai brings online a US$19 million agricultural-product and herb processing plant in Quang Ngai province—closed-loop exports to Europe, the US, Japan, South Korea, and China
Sao Mai has brought online a US$19 million agricultural-product and herb processing plant in Quang Ngai province. It exports to Europe, the US, Japan, South Korea, and China in a closed loop linked to 10,000 tonnes of annual processing and 2,000 hectares of cultivation land. Having obtained FSSC 22000, FDA, and other certifications, a supplier to Japan with certifications in order has emerged. -
Fruit
Nafoods' second phase of fruit processing in Gia Lai province starts in June—toward Asia's largest passion fruit hub processing 100,000 tonnes a year
Nafoods brought the second phase of its fruit-processing operation in Gia Lai province online in June. With total investment of 744 billion dong and processing capacity of 100,000 tonnes a year, it aims to be Asia's largest passion-fruit hub. Its supply of concentrated juice and puree to Japan grows still thicker. -
Grains & Rice
"Low-emission green rice" certification tops 70,000 tonnes—first shipment to Japan, and Vietnam's new rice label spreads to Europe and Oceania
Vietnam's "low-emission green rice" certification has surpassed a cumulative 70,000 tonnes. Built on the one-million-hectare project, it is expanding to Europe and Oceania, starting with its first shipment to Japan in June 2025. A new Vietnamese-rice option tied to emissions data. -
Market conditions & price trends
A record high price despite a poor harvest—lychee purchased at VND 95,000, becoming a VND 780,000/kg premium item in the United States
Vietnam's 2026 lychee crop was poor, with yields halving year on year, while the purchase price hit a record high of up to 95,000 dong/kg. On US store shelves it was displayed as a premium item at about 780,000 dong per kg (US$14 to 15 per pound). -
Fruit
Vietnamese green-skin pomelo becomes the sixth fruit approved for Australia—the Chinese market opens at the same time
Vietnam began exporting green-skin pomelo to Australia in April 2026. It became the sixth approved fruit, following dragon fruit, mango, and others, and with the signing of a quarantine protocol for China, shipments to China also expanded at the same time. -
Fruit
Passion fruit finally approved for the US—2026 becomes the first year of exports
The US Department of Agriculture has completed import procedures for Vietnamese fresh passion fruit, and 2026 is expected to be the first year of exports to the US. Export value is projected on the order of US$50 million to US$100 million.