Thailand plans to increase the frozen durian exports to cope with competition from fresh durian from Vietnam

The main reason is the decline in durian production in southern Thailand this year, coupled with the problem of pods and borers. Recently, 9 containers of durian were returned. Mr. Sarilawi, marketing consultant of the Thai Durian Association, revealed that the price of Thai durian exported to the Chinese market is generally at a low level. There are four major problems with durian from the three southern provinces: 1. Affected by the economic situation, it is difficult to distribute inventory in the Chinese destination market; 2. The problem of pods at the beginning of the durian production season in late July this year; 3. The problem of durian seed borers that continues to this day; 4. The upcoming Vietnamese durian competition at the end of August this year. Competition situation. The above problems have caused many exporters to stop purchasing durian from the three southern provinces of Thailand. With low purchasing power and competition from Vietnamese durian, Chinese ...