Banana– tag –

South Korea's largest convenience-store chain, GS25, has designated a Del Monte plantation in Tay Ninh province, Vietnam, as exclusive to itself. We interpret this lock-up style of sourcing of more than 200,000 packs a month from the perspective of Japanese retailers and trading houses that source Vietnamese fresh produce.

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.

Overview: Vietnam's banana production is about 2.5 million tonnes a year, making it one of Southeast Asia's major producers. Domestically, besides the Cavendish variety, many native varieties are grown. Mainly for domestic consumption, but exports to China, South Korea, and Japan have been increasing, and commercial large-scale...

Vietnamese name Gia Lai Area 15,537 km2 Population about 1.55 million Provincial capital / main city Pleiku City Climate tropical highland climate. Annual average temperature 22–25 degrees C. Overview: Gia Lai province is the largest province by area in the Central Highlands, a region characterized by large-scale plantations. Large estates developed from state farms...

Vietnam's Q1 2026 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries exports were US$16.69 billion. Seafood (+13.3%, with exports to China +58.5%) and fruit and vegetables (+27%) led the way. Coffee and rice struggled on falling prices but made up for it with volume.

An explanation of the Philippines' banana-export business. We introduce the seven reasons for its world-class competitiveness and its supply system to the Japanese market.