Approximately 6 tons of fresh lychees, harvested in Luc Ngan District, the northern province of Bac Giang, have arrived at the Rotterdam Port, after a five-week sea voyage. This is the first shipment by sea to the EU that was conducted by LTP Import Export B.V. (the Netherlands) through a packaging technology.
Pham Van Hien, Director of LTP Import Export B.V. said the lychees were semi-processed according to European standards. Then, the fruit was dried and placed in plastic bags so that its flavor and freshness would be preserved for 45 days. Vo Thi Ngoc Diep, Trade Counselor of Vietnam in the Netherlands told vietexplorer.com that this is the first time that Vietnamese fresh lychees are exported by sea to the EU. It is a very important milestone for Vietnamese businesses to invest in a more methodical way and open up a new future of exporting fresh fruit to the European market in a sustainable way.