Their arrival marks the first shipment of Vietnamese lychees to be exported to the Japanese market this year.
The lychees were purchased, packed, and sent by Ameii Vietnam Joint Stock Company to Bac Giang to undergo methyl bromide fumigation before they were subsequently exported to Japan by air.
According to a representative of the firm, a second batch of the lychees was also sent to the Far East nation at midnight on May 23.
From May 24 the company is set to export five tonnes of lychees each day as part of efforts to meet Japanese partners’ demand.
Ameii Vietnam has planned to ship approximately 300 tonnes of Thanh Ha lychees to Japan. It has also developed plans to export between 700 and 1,000 tonnes of the fruit to other markets, including Singapore, the United States, and Australia.
Last year witnessed the Vietnamese enterprise send a total of 30 tonnes of Thanh Ha lychees to Japan.