Nghe An: At the peak of the hot season, the price of 'queen' pineapple doubled

Pineapples grown in Quynh Luu are mainly Queen and cayen varieties, also known as "queen" pineapples. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Growers of Queen and Cayen pineapples, also known as "queen" pineapples in Quynh Luu pineapple orchard (Nghe An), are more excited as pineapple prices have increased sharply in recent times.

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh - Chairman of Tan Thang Commune People's Committee, Quynh Luu District said: Since the beginning of May, when localities reopened tourism after the Covid-19 pandemic, the local "queen" pineapple product has been consumed strongly and increased in price. The reason is that traders buy and transport it to big cities and tourist destinations in the inner provinces for consumption in large quantities.

Accordingly, the price of pineapple from the bottom of 2,000 - 4,000 VND/kg for a long time from March to the end of April, increased to 6,000 - 8,000 VND/kg in early May. With such high pineapple prices, pineapple growers really make a profit. However, the pineapple output in the commune at the end of May is not much, it is expected that by mid-June there will be a new pineapple crop, with an output of about 3,000 tons. Hopefully, with high market demand, while supply is not much, pineapple prices will remain high.

Traders buy pineapples in Tan Thang commune. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Nghe An currently has more than 1,000 hectares of pineapple, of which about 600 hectares are for harvest, mainly in Tan Thang commune and some other communes in Quynh Luu and Yen Thanh districts. Pineapple is harvested from early March to the end of June every year, Nghe An's pineapple yield reaches 25 - 30 tons/ha./.