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Durian-mangosteen pairing benefits health, research finds

May 14, 2022
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Summertime in Thailand can be torture in the heat, but it is also the best time of year to tuck into the abundance of local fruit, particularly durian, which is…

This picture taken on February 8, 2021 shows workers loading baskets of durians onto a truck for sale at a farm in Raub in Malaysia’s Pahang state as traders become more reliant on China’s appetite for the world’s smelliest fruit. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Malaysian durian trade battered as lockdown bites

February 17, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Durians falling from trees are collected in nets on a farm in Malaysia, where a long lockdown has slowed domestic demand and left traders more reliant on China’s appetite for…

China is delaying imports of Thai produce from red-zone provinces

January 11, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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China’s custom authorities are imposing more stringent COVID-19 testing measures on imports, and there has been a big impact on Thai produce as some Chinese companies have not yet placed…

Thai producers complain of China’s imposition of GMP on durian

July 5, 2019
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Thai durian exporters and orchard owners have expressed serious concern that China’s recent imposition of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification, the system for ensuring that products are consistently produced and…

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200 year old durian and takien thong trees added to national heritage list

June 27, 2019
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The Thai Ministry of Culture has declared one durian tree and one takien thong tree, both about 200 years old in Patoh district of the southern province of Chumpon, to…

Durian growers ask Commerce Ministry to find new export markets

May 13, 2019
by Mood-dang
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Durian growers in the eastern province of Chanthaburi, Thailand’s largest source of the “king of Thai fruit”, have asked the Ministry of Commerce to seek new export markets for durian,…

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