SOURCE: Nation Thailand A market in China’s Ganzhou city has reportedly found Covid-19 on the surface of durian packages imported from Thailand, the Office of Agricultural Affairs under the Thai Embassy in Beijing reported. The office explained that the checking and discovery of the virus happened at the Haudongcheng marketContinue Reading
The 2nd International Symposium On Durian And Other Tropical Fruits (Isodotf 2021) is now accepting abstracts.Continue Reading
SOURCE: The Star It is becoming a trend to sell products and goods via social media platforms, especially since the country was hit by Covid-19 and came under the first movement control order on March 18, 2020. Durian traders have also jumped on the online bandwagon to market the kingContinue Reading
SOURCE: Selina Xu, Bloomberg Malaysian durians have topped fruit and vegetable presales at a big Chinese retail festival, showing the pulling power of the pungent delicacy. The top-selling variety at JD.com’s 618 festival — China’s second-largest shopping event after Alibaba’s Singles’ Day — was the Sultan durian from Pahang state,Continue Reading
Durian, which used to be a normal meal of the people, just like rambutans and mangosteens, is now beyond the reach of the common man. It has been promoted as the king of fruits not so much because of its taste or medicinal value, but more because its price isContinue Reading
SOURCE: Guojiguoshu TRANSLATION: Jing Zang, Produce Report According to a press conference held on March 31 in Thailand’s Chanthaburi province, the country’s largest durian-growing region, a new quality inspection program for Thai durians has recently been implemented throughout the province. As of the date of the press conference, three durianContinue Reading
Chinese companies are seeking to lease 3,200–4,800 hectares of land around Vientiane, the country’s capital, to establish durian plantations, with the ultimate goal of exporting the fruit back to China once official export approval has been obtained.Continue Reading
Penang’s durian season will be late this year but better quality fruits are expected when they start falling in May.Continue Reading
A long lockdown has slowed domestic demand for durians and left traders more reliant on China’s appetite for the world’s smelliest fruit.Continue Reading
China is encouraging Thailand to adopt World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) guidelines, to establish confidence in exported durians and maintain a market worth 50 billion baht (USD 1.6 billion).Continue Reading
SOURCE: Freshplaza Chinese consumers consider the Malaysian durian to be a restorative fruit. The fruit can help the body produce heat. That is why Chinese consumers prefer to eat durian in the winter. The peak period of the Malaysian durian sales season begins every year in December. Mr. He, managerContinue Reading
SOURCE: Palisa Anderson, The Guardian It was already close to 9pm. The race was on. We had exactly five minutes to drive to a secret location before the elderly Amma closed up for the night. We had to pick up our durian. Let me set the scene: I was inContinue Reading