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More durian but fewer Grade A: how should Japanese buyers choose a factory?
While Dak Lak's Chanh Thu increases purchasing to 40,000 tonnes, it uses quality control to prevent a decline in the share of Grade A fruit. From the figures of a surging harvest, we lay out the perspective for Japanese importers handling Vietnamese durian as they reconsider which growing areas and factories to choose. -
80% Grade A at 62,000 dong per kilo: a Dak Lak durian farmer evened out quality through fertilization
Even as farm-gate durian prices fall, Le Van Tuong of the Tan Son area, Krong Ana district, Dak Lak province, sold out his 1-hectare plot at 62,000 dong per kilo (about 350 yen at roughly 175 VND to 1 yen). His Grade A rate was over 80%. Having chosen buyers by even quality rather than price, in sourcing to Japan the "standard...
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