Chinese seedless grapes flood Vietnamese market, super cheap price 25,000 VND/kg

It is a Chinese seedless grape (also known as red candy), the price of which has now dropped to almost half of what it was at the beginning of the year.

On the online market, many people sell this type of grape by basket, by tray, at the price of 125,000 VND/tub.

Ms. Hoang Thi Lan (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi ) said: "These grapes are firm, plump, and seedless. If last year they cost about 45,000 - 50,000 VND/kg, this year they cost only 25,000 - 30,000 VND/kg, the cheapest ever."

Seedless candied grapes are being sold online for 115,000 dong per box, equivalent to 25,000 dong per kilogram. (Screenshot)

At this price, 1kg of candied grapes imported from China costs the same as 1kg of zucchini or 1kg of potatoes. This price is even cheaper than 1kg of broccoli.

“They sell them in bundles of about 4-5kg, so the women in my company bought them together. Seedless grapes are sweet, the stems are fresh, the fruit is still intact, crunchy, delicious, everyone likes them,” said Ms. Nguyen Hue (Dong Da, Hanoi).

Not only candy grapes but other types of Chinese grapes are also very cheap, such as finger grapes are only 110,000 VND/kg; ruby red grapes are only 50,000 VND/kg; milk grapes are 80,000 VND/kg. These types of grapes are sold in the new "fashion" of selling by the basket and not retail.

Chinese grapes are cheaper than ever. (Screenshot)

Each basket of Chinese milk grapes has about 3-5 kg of grapes, big, green, seedless, fresh, crunchy like eggplant. Ruby red grapes cost from 30,000 - 50,000 VND/kg.

Ms. Nguyen Lan (Cau Giay, Hanoi) said that normally she buys grapes in bunches, each bunch is about 4-5 taels, for about 200,000 - 250,000 VND. "But now they sell them for only 230,000 VND/bunch" .

According to Ms. Lan, not only online markets have such cheap prices, but at traditional markets, grapes are also sold in abundance with all kinds, and the prices are "as cheap as vegetables".

A vendor named Hoa at Nam Trung Yen market (Cau Giay, Hanoi) pointed to the bunches of candied grapes on her stall when the reporter asked, "Are there any cheap imported fruits?"

“There are pomegranates, finger grapes, milk grapes, and candy grapes imported from China, all genuine and cheap. Especially the candy grapes, the fruit is fresh and still has pollen, the bunches are full of fruit, seedless, crunchy and delicious, and the price is only 30,000 VND/kg,” said Ms. Hoa.

According to Ms. Hoa, imported fruits are at their most affordable prices this year, even cheaper than previous years. The reason is that it is fruit season, imported fruits from many countries are coming in, the supply is increasing sharply so the price is going down.

Some imported grapes at Ms. Hoa's fruit shop.

Along with Chinese grapes, imported fruits are also at very "soft" prices. In supermarkets, fruit prices are no longer as expensive as before. New Zealand, French, South African apples... are being sold at prices ranging from 49,000 - 200,000 VND/kg depending on the type. At Winmart/Winmart+ system, Braeburn apples are priced at 49,900 VND/kg; Royal Gala apples are priced at 69,900 VND/kg; Australian tangerines are priced at 89,900 VND/kg...

At BigC Thang Long supermarket, Envy apples grade 1 are priced at 149,000 VND/kg, small ones are only priced at 129,000 VND/kg; French Organic Juliet apples are priced at 69,000 VND/kg; Braeburn apples are priced at 45,000 VND/kg; Australian yellow tangerines are priced at 59,000 VND/kg; Australian Navel oranges are priced at 45,000 VND/kg...

Cong Hieu

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