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Vietnamese spend US$18 million on importing flowers for Tet
Cam Anh 11:41, 2018/02/22
In advance of the Lunar New Year 2018, Vietnam imported US$18 million worth of flowers and ornamental plants, an on-year increase of 46.8%, according to the General Department of Customs.
Specifically, Vietnam has imported flowers and bonsai, including plants, branches, and others between December 1, 2017 and January 31, 2018.
Illustrative photo
Illustrative photo
The country saw increasing imports of flowers and ornamental plants, especially from the Netherlands (US$5 million, up 76% on-year) and China (US$3.6 million, up 80,8% on-year).
Vietnam’s neighbors like Laos and Cambodia did not export flowers and ornamental plants to Vietnam before the Lunar New Year in 2017 and 2018.
This year, imported fresh flowers and plants reached US$7.9 million in value, accounting for 43.8% of the total import turnover. The lion’s share of these imports was orchids, rhododendrons, dieffenbachia, and conifer.
Plants from China amounted to US$3.3 million, of which orchids reached over US$2 million, while imports from Taiwan and Japan reached US$2.7 and US$1 million, respectively.
Notably, lily, the primary flower imported from the Netherlands reached a turnover of around US$4.4, while New Zealand lilies fetched US$1.1 million and those from France US$1 million.
The preliminary statistics of the General Department of Customs reveal that branches of flowers reached an import value of US$2.4 million, slightly down compared to last year. Meanwhile, fresh orchid branches from Thailand were valued at US$2.2 million.
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