BANGKOK: China's huge appetite for Thai durians remained strong and undiminished by the COVID-19 pandemic as evidenced by the country importing RM2.56 billion worth of durians from Thailand in the first four months of this year.
According to Thailand’s Commerce Ministry, the Southeast Asian country’s durian exports to China from January to April this year grew 78.05 per cent year-on-year.
He said the steady growth in demand for the ‘King of Fruits’ has pushed up the price of exported durian to between RM18 and RM21 per kilogramme this year from RM11 to RM15 per kg last year. "Due to stiff competition, durian middleman rushed to place order to export to China. The number of durian middlemen have increased from between 100 and 300 to about 700 last year,” he said.
Durian farmer from Southern Thailand province of Chumporn, Raveewat Kittisuppamongkol, 38, said he grew the Monthong variety of durian due to its popularity among the Chinese.
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