Fresh fruit from Vietnam for Hong Kong

Vietnamese fresh fruit for importers in Hong Kong, with the rules of the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) and the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), routes and seasons in one place. Hong Kong is a short sea voyage from southern Vietnam, and we mark the fruits we confirm with you before the first shipment. Open a fruit below: Hong Kong, the port and the carton are already selected on the product page and in the quotation form.

Ready to ship to Hong Kong

Cartons and routes are indicative and confirmed with each quotation. Air freight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hong Kong is quoted on request.

Ask us before the first shipment

These fruits are open to Hong Kong, but Vietnam ships them there in smaller volumes, or we have not yet shipped them there ourselves. We confirm supply and the current requirements with you before the first lot.

What Hong Kong requires

• No plant import licence or phytosanitary certificate is required by the AFCD for fruit and vegetables imported for consumption. If your buyer asks for a phytosanitary certificate from Vietnam, we can provide one.
• Registration of food importers and distributors: under the Food Safety Ordinance (Cap. 612), any person who carries on a food importation or food distribution business in Hong Kong must register with the CFS. Registration lasts three years and is then renewed. A trader who supplies food by wholesale in Hong Kong keeps a record of each supply, made within 72 hours after the supply.
• Pesticide residues: the Pesticide Residues in Food Regulation (Cap. 132CM), in force since 1 August 2014, sets maximum residue limits (MRLs) and extraneous maximum residue limits (EMRLs) for pesticide and food pairs. Food with residues of a pesticide that has no limit in the Regulation may only be imported or sold if eating it is not dangerous or prejudicial to health, which the CFS decides by risk assessment. Residue test reports are available on request.
• Labelling of prepackaged food: the Food and Drugs (Composition and Labelling) Regulations apply to prepackaged food, for example fruit in retail bags or punnets. The label is in English or Chinese or both, and shows the name of the food, the count, weight or volume, and the name and address of the manufacturer or packer. Fresh fruit is exempt from the list of ingredients, the "best before" or "use by" date and the nutrition label. Carton and retail pack text is agreed in the sales contract.
• Free port: Hong Kong does not levy any customs tariff on imports. Excise duties apply only to liquors, tobacco, hydrocarbon oil and methyl alcohol, so fresh fruit pays no import duty.
• Commercial invoice, packing list and bill of lading or air waybill are sent in advance as scans.

Routes from Vietnam indicative

Seasons and peak demand

• All year: dragon fruit, banana and young coconut.
• Seasonal: longan and pomelo supply is confirmed with each quotation.
• Lunar New Year falls on 6 February 2027 and the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15 September 2027. Dragon fruit, pomelo and longan for these festivals ship in the weeks before them: please tell us your shipping week early.

Fruit not yet on our Hong Kong list

Other fruits from our range, such as rambutan, guava and watermelon, are not on our Hong Kong list today; ask us if you need one and we will check supply.

How to get a quotation

Open a fruit above and press Request a quote: Hong Kong, the port and the carton are already filled in. We reply within 1 business day and send a firm quotation, by email and WhatsApp, within 2 business days once size and quantity are confirmed. First orders: by sea, 50 % T/T deposit on the Proforma Invoice and 50 % against scanned shipping documents; by air, 50 % deposit and the balance before the flight; trial lots, 100 % T/T before documents are released.