SOURCE: KINH TẾ, PLO TRANSLATION: Produce Report A number of banana stalls have recently sprouted up on the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, with vendors selling bananas originally intended for export at a low price of 6,000 Vietnamese dong ($0.24) per kilogram. The bananas are said to originate fromContinue Reading
SOURCE: Qian Xiaoyan Benin’s sugarloaf pineapple, dubbed ‘the sweetest pineapple in the world,’ is on show for the first time at the ongoing China International Import Expo in Shanghai and long queues are forming to taste it. “I’m glad our Chinese friends can sample Benin’s pineapples,” Elysee Kahomey, Benin’s assistantContinue Reading
SOURCE: Qiu Quanlin, China Daily Driving 50 kilometers north from Xuwen Port, the world’s largest roll-on/roll-off passenger terminal, there is another sea to be found — one of fresh pineapples. At this time of year, farmers in Xuwen county of Zhanjiang, in the western coastal area of Guangdong province, areContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Straits Times The Philippines has shipped its first batch of fresh durian to China, three months after Manila and Beijing signed a trade agreement that is forecast to generate some US$150 million (S$199 million) worth of export revenue for the Philippines. The Philippine Agriculture Ministry said 28 tonnesContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mia Nulimaimaiti, SCMP China is gearing up for the harvest of its first domestic durian crop this summer after more than four years of cultivation, although it is not expected to challenge Southeast Asia’s stranglehold on sales of the pungent smelling fruit. About 2.45 million kilograms of durian producedContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Fresh mango exporters say demand for mangoes from overseas markets, especially China, is beginning to recover, however mango production has declined in early 2023. Hun Lak, CEO of Tropicam Fruit and Vegetable Co Ltd, one of the Kingdom’s largest mango exporters, said that in 2021 and 2022,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Thi Ha, VN Express Vietnamese dragon fruit is at risk of oversupply, while durian prices will likely plummet as China, the local fruits’ largest importer, continues growing an increasing amount of the two trees. Late last month, China announced its dragon fruit output had reached 1.6 million tons aContinue Reading
SOURCE: Daily Times Exports of food products from Pakistan to China were close to $1 billion in 2022, Gwadar Pro reported on Wednesday. “In recent years, China has become the largest market for export of food products from Pakistan. We look forward to the increased presence of Pakistani mangoes inContinue Reading
SOURCE: The Star Growers are using the Laos-China Railway to ship bananas from Laos to China, with the speedy means of transport ensuring that the fruit reaches its destination before overripening or going mouldy. In the past the shipment of agricultural produce was problematic because of the long time takenContinue Reading
SOURCE: Produce Report China’s demand for high-quality fresh avocados continues to grow and its avocado production and imports are expected to continue to increase in coming years, according to a recent report by China-based staff at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Growth of Chinese avocado consumption is being driven byContinue Reading
SOURCE: Prakash Jha, Khmer Times According to a fruits and vegetables market study of Cambodia (2016- 26), the fruits market in the Kingdom is expanding and consumption is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1 percent over the next 5 years. That China continues toContinue Reading
SOURCE: Azzman Abdul Jamal & Teoh Yee Shen, Malaysia Now While Malaysia’s participation in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement is expected to boost economic performance through its facilitation of trade deals with member countries of the world’s largest trading bloc, questions have been raised over the possible effectContinue Reading